Cockfight

A powerful and dangerous physical performance, Cockfight is woven around the lives of two men from different generations, trapped in an office. Existing side by side, sharing space, resources, time and responsibility, they justify their existence in relation to each other. Their conflict is under the skin and mixed with a fierce co-dependency that underpins their physical action. These two men need each other to survive, their battle is in the air they breathe and the walls that close them in.

At the heart of Cockfight is a very real relationship between Joshua Thomson (33 years old) and Gavin Webber (50 years old). Thomson joined Webber at Dancenorth in 2005 and they have continued to work together ever since. Their relationship has altered over the years and their shared history is evident in the trust and danger of the physical vocabulary. There is a constant interplay between theatrical fiction and the reality of the two performers and their different physical states. Dance is a young man’s game. What happens when someone higher up the food chain grows weak and is ready to be taken down?

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