A Song & Dance

About this event

Action Hero are definitely not making a scene. Lost inside a recurring nightmare, a reluctant actor returns to the stage. In an attempt to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright – and inside a dream-world inhabited by the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors – he is replaying his own autobiography and starting to lose the plot. But he’s not gonna make a big song and dance about it. Instead, he’s determined to keep the show on the road, re-writing his anxiety dreams live on stage in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past. A Song & Dance is an absurdist nightmare of a performance about masking, performing and ‘acting the part.’ Action Hero create artworks that explore what is it to be human now. From stage to page to audio to immersive interaction, Action Hero create structures for people to experience alternative ways of being together. Previous projects have toured to more than 40 countries across 6 continents, to both critical and popular acclaim. They have been shortlisted for the Live Art Prize, a Total Theatre award, and won an Off West End award for Best Performance, and a Critics Table award for Best Touring Show. They were recently longlisted for the 2025 Artangel Open.