In 2016, when a woman experiences a series of unexplained inconveniences - a rejected passport application, cheques that keep bouncing, her attempts to fill her prescriptions being denied - she shakes it off as a strange coincidence, a wrinkle that will soon be ironed out.
It is only when a letter arrives at her house, addressed to her husband, declaring her deceased that she realises something is seriously wrong.
Dead and Kicking tells the unbelievable true story of a person on an absurd mission to prove something that should be painfully obvious: she is very much alive.
Greedily burning through theatrical styles and genres, we use verbatim text, original music, dance and clowning to delve into this puzzling story and ask: can you really exist if the system thinks you’re dead?
Previous development at LAMDA ColLab23, MishMash Festival, MishMashx503 Takeover and CPT SPRINT Festival 2024.
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
“It means so much to be working at CPT, it’s such a good opportunity to work in a professional environment at my age. I didn’t think that was ever going to happen and it means the world to me. It’s really going to help prepare me for my future and where I want to go”
CYT participant and Camden student
