BLOCK

Ten years on…BLOCK is back

Motionhouse presents a new, super-charged reimagining of this iconic show. With its daring physicality, split-second timing and gravity defying dance-circus, BLOCK will once again leave audiences on the edge of their seats.

BLOCK is about life in the city – its contradictions and challenges. Twenty oversized blocks, resembling giant Jenga pieces, form an ever-changing environment as the story of BLOCK unfolds, with split-second timing and thrilling feats.

Created and Directed by Kevin Finnan. Original concept, design and production by Ali Williams. Originally produced and developed in collaboration with NoFit State.

Audience quotes

“Exhilarating, intense, powerful.”

“Amazing! So full of energy. It had us on the edge of our seats – brilliant.”

“Incredible…Brought me to tears. Primitive, evolutionary. Never seen anything like it.”

BLOCK won the Judge’s Choice award at the International Street Theatre Festival Ludwigshafen, Germany in 2019.

Motionhouse creates and tours a wide range of inspiring and powerful dance-circus productions to theatres and festivals in the UK and across the globe. The company’s distinctive, highly physical style integrates elements of circus and acrobatics with breath- taking dance to surprise and delight audiences.

A pioneer of outdoor dance, Motionhouse tour a range of flexible productions extensively to festivals and non-theatre spaces. These short, sharp injections of dance and circus are designed to be performed up-close, attracting and engaging large crowds, and inspiring audiences who are not necessarily familiar with dance.