Double bill: I'm sorry to disappoint you all + In This Room

I'm sorry to disappoint you all:

Two friends tangled together. Cocooned in their high rise flat and swallowed by the vastness of the city, an unravelling begins.

Dynamic contemporary dance unfolds against swirling projected landscapes, set to an eclectic, layered sound score by composer Phoebe Coco.

Drawing on the duo’s shared mental health struggles and frustrations with the current climate for artists, I’m sorry to disappoint you all is a touching exploration of isolation, futility and the search for deeper connection.

Performers and co-choreographers - Mette Nilsen and Charis Crudgington 
Music and composition - Phoebe Coco
Film editing - Charis Crudgington

In This Room:

An inquisitive, intergenerational group of local artists, makers and creators have teamed up with Charis and Mette of The 12th Floor to experiment, create and connect. What you see is the result of 3 workshops full of play, hard work and dedication. The 12th Floor thanks this wonderful group for taking a leap of faith with them.

To close the show, you are gently invited to step beneath the projections and into the soundscape to explore the work more closely for yourself.

Performers and co-creators - Lucy Andrina, Inez Watson, Martine Pierquin, Millie Packham, Rosie Owen, Georgie Sutton, Linn Johansson, Sharanya Chakraborty, Daisy Hatch, Ana Maria Martins and Jamie Randall
Additional co-creation and filming - Zita Baynes and Liz Leigh
Music and composition - Daniel Crudgington 
Film editing - Charis Crudgington
 

Supported by South East Dance through our Fringe Roots programme and presented in partnership with Brighton Fringe.

About The 12th Floor
The duo met at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2017, later becoming flatmates on the 12th floor of a London high-rise. Drawing on their frustration with the current climate for artists, and their mental health struggles, they teamed up to create I’m sorry to disappoint you all, which premiered at London’s Resolution Festival in 2023.

Biography provided by the artists.