Gestures of Care puts two friends alongside each other – one 'able-bodied' and one 'disabled' – to question our assumptions and challenge our understanding of what it looks and feels like to live in a body that juxtaposes the space and pace of the world around you.
A works-in-progress with movement, autobiography and sound, Gestures of Care is a playful, messy, and angry attempt to find a way of communicating how invisible disabilities manifest in the body.
The development of Gestures of Care has been generously supported by Arts Council England and Contact Theatre.
Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.
Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews
