UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

UniVerse
A Dark Crystal Odyssey
2023
Company
Company Wayne McGregor
Direction and Choreography
Wayne McGregor
Creative Consultants
Brian Froud and Wendy Froud
Music
Joel Cadbury
Digital Designers
Kontrastmoment
Lighting Design
Lucy Carter
Costume Design
Philip Delamore
Face and Body Design
Alex Box
Dramaturgy
Uzma Hameed
Premiere date and venue
13 May 2023, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, UK
UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey reimagines
Jim Henson’s epic adventure and unsettling world in the context of our
own ailing planet, exploring themes of nature, exploitation, courage and
rescue, and asking how we can come together to be whole again.
Featuring the extraordinary dancers of Company Wayne McGregor, this is a
modern myth for all generations.
Since its premiere in 1982, Henson’s boundary-breaking film The Dark Crystal has
achieved cult status. A darkly fantastical tale with ecological
overtones, today its depiction of an earth riven by extremes and in need
of healing is more urgent than ever.
A team of world-class
creatives, led by director and choreographer Wayne McGregor, includes
artists and original Henson collaborators Brian and Wendy Froud as well
as composer Joel Cadbury, digital designers Kontrastmoment, lighting
designer Lucy Carter, dramaturg Uzma Hameed, costume designer Philip
Delamore and face-and body-artist Alex Box.
For further information and to book tickets, please visit the Royal Opera House website.
A co-production between Studio Wayne McGregor and The Royal Ballet in association with The Jim Henson Company.
Image: Ben Cullen Williams.
