Hot House! At what point can a protest become a party? A vibrant response to the cost of living crisis, Hot House shares the frustration currently felt by many that heat has become a commodity, turning defiance into a powerful celebration of generosity. Throughout history, dance and music has brought people together and provided fuel to those making their voices heard. Hot House is a soulful, loud and sweaty journey for five performers to ignite together and absorb cathartic joy. 

Drawing inspiration from fashion, bonfire, rave culture, and concerts, the work creates a wave of heat and a long lasting spiritual energy that radiates beyond the stage. Combining the precision and sentiment of Chinese, Indian and European classical violin with arresting and filthy electronica, Hot House is a love letter to how music can give us an irresistible urge to move and feel. Reflecting the cyclical nature of a fire sparking, burning and reducing to embers, the work demonstrates how a person’s inner flame can manifest courage, relentless strength and compassion. By surrendering to the heat, Hot House brings a community together. Life feels better in red. 

Venues: Exeter Northcott, The Place, Dance City, Oxford Playhouse, Arts Institute Plymouth, Blackwood Miners Institute, Barnsley Civic

Choreographer and Artistic Director: Richard Chappell 
Composers: Larch (Matthew Allmark and Kai Hellstrom) 
Composer and Violinist: Enyuan Khong 
Production Manager, Set Designer and Creative Facilitator: Charlie Knight
Dancers : Juan Sanchez Plaza, Simone Donati, Faye Stoeser, Marla King, Jordan Ajadi 
Rehearsal Directors and Choreographic Facilitators: Rob Anderson, Faye Stoeser, Kevin Table 
Costume Stylist: Faye Stoeser 
Music Featured: ‘Charukeshi’, Reena Esmail, ‘Sonata for solo violin in G minor’, Johann Sebastian Bach 
Dramaturg: Neus Gil Cortes 
Lighting Designer: Joshie Harriette 
Associate Lighting Designers and Relighters: Ed Saunders, Laurie Loads, Zoe Ritchie
 Past  Dancers: Ena Yamaguchi, Hannah Hernandez, Jack Thomson, Josh Attwood, Marla King, Aisha Namaani  

Hot House is co-commissioned by Dance City and the Gillian Dickinson Trust and funded by Arts Council England and The Linbury Trust. The work will be created through residency support from Dance City, Exeter Phoenix, National Dance Company Wales and DanceEast.