an Accident / a Life

Marc Brew and world renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui bring a stunning new collaboration to international stages.

an Accident / a Life is a rich visual theatre experience that unravels moments in our lives, exploring difficult things with and without words using storytelling, film, music, dance and a car.

Their starting point was sharing life stories and key moments of change. For Marc, this was his car accident, where he went from ballet dancer to paraplegic in a split second. an Accident / a Life follows on from Brew’s notable solos, For Now I am… and Remember When, both critically and publicly celebrated.

a startling, unique, powerfully honest work … remarkable dance theatre’ ★★★★ The Telegraph

an Accident / a Life – a collaboration between Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – Director

Marc Brew – Performer and co-creator

Artistic team: Pepijn Van Looy, Veerle Van den Wouwer, Alexandre Dai Castaing, Julia Kent, Adam Carrée, Maxime Guislain, Hayley Earlam, Lewis Landini, Pol Van Den Broek, Sam Martin-Randerson, Susan Worsfold, Susan Hay

Production / Technical team: Nils Geernaert, Jamie Wardrop, Pascal Shutijser, Nia Wood, Melanie Wilson, Andy Pennycuik, Emma Jane McHenry, Gert Van Overloop, Tanker: Floris Van Looy and Robbie Van Nieuwenhove, Jonas Schildermans, Joy Parkinson, Rebecca Doggett

12 October 2024 – Swedish Premiere

Kungsbacka Theatre, Sweden

In association with Rum For Dans

15 October 2024 Baerum Kulturhus, Norway

Part of CODA Festival

9 & 10 November 2024

Hessisches Staatstheater, Weisbaden

17 & 18 November 2024

No Limits Festival at HAU Theatre, Berlin

past tour dates

2-4 Feb. World Premiere.
Theater Aan Het Spui, The Hague, Holland Dance Festival.

22nd and 23rd March. UK Premiere.
Tramway, Glasgow.

4 & 5 May. STEPS. Théâtre Les Halles.

10 May. STEPS. Saison Culturelle Co2.

16 & 17 May. STEPS. Kaserne Basel.

24 & 25 May. Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Norwich Theatre Royal.

The Herald
The Herald
Mary Brennan
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'a resourcefully-creative team unite to make this complex production seem truly anchored in Brew’s memories. Words like ‘life-affirming’ and ‘inspiring’ merely hint at what this remarkable performance achieves with dignity and stoic humour.'
The List
The List
Lucy Ribchester
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,Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s candid, rigorous and at times playful excavation of the moment that changed Brew’s life is a dance-theatre masterclass'
The Guardian
The Guardian
Sanjoy Roy
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'outstanding work...as theatre, it is sensitive, revelatory and cathartic'
A Youngish Perspective
A Youngish Perspective
Lena Holman
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‘Meticulously crafted … a raw and powerful piece of theatre’
The Telegraph
The Telegraph
Mark Brown
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‘a startling, unique, powerfully honest work … remarkable dance theatre’
FringeReview
FringeReviewDonald Stewart
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a\' collaboration which brought my emotional intelligence into full swing. I left, without pity, suffering from little by way of admiration but with plenty to discuss around a piece of exceptional artistry. If Brew has done anything with an event which many would be unable to recover fully from, he has proven that through art, life endures. His especially.'
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funders & supporters

Initial residency hosted by Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, a project of Hessisches Staatsballett and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Co-produced by the Hessisches Staatsballett in the frame of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, a collaboration project between the Hessisches Staatsballett in Staatstheater Darmstadt and Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt.

Co-produced with Holland Dance Festival.

In co-production with Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps.

Performance co-commission Tramway.

An Accident/ a Life funders

Please contact our Producer Susan Hay for more information or to request a Production or Marketing Pack.