Roots

“My highlight has to be Highly Sprung’s Roots, great work, great dancers.”

Roots

“The rather wonderful Roots by the absolutely wonderful Highly Sprung.”

Roots

WRITTEN BY MARK WORTH
DIRECTED BY SARAH WORTH

A lost soul lives in a tree. In its branches they feel safe.

But now someone else wants to live in the tree too.

She feels threatened and vulnerable. Can she live in harmony with a stranger? Or is there something even more scary lurking amongst the branches?

A story with humanity at its heart, inviting audiences to consider how, when we embrace difference, we build positive and powerful communities that create a better future for us all.

Three performers sit on a metal platform eating food and laughing. On the left, a female performer wears faded brown and its an apple. In the centre, a female with a braid wears blue demin dungarees and eats an apple and to the right, a male in a grey hooded jumper smiles at the female in blue.

A female performer, dressed in faded brown is suspended by a metal aerial rig. They are holding a small brown case in their hand.

A female performer in tattered blue denim and wearing a makeshift hat holds a cardboard sign with the writing 'GO HOME' hand drawn on it. The out of focus outline of a audience member faces her.

two performers face each other, holding hands. One, in faded brown is suspended in the air but an aerial rig. The other, in a grey jumper is stood smiling.

A performer in a grey sleeveless hooded jumper is attached by the waist to a metal frame. They are hanging sideways with their legs bent to the right. One gloved hand is on the floor.

Two performers are dancing on the grass. One, wearing faded brown is balanced on their hands, head to the ground. The other, wearing a sleeveless grey hooded jacket is doing a handstand. Behind them, A metal frame is on a a platform.

A performer in brown faded clothing is lifted into the air by another performer. They have their leg and arms raised upwards.

A Male figure is stood facing left. He is wearing a black leather jacket and has a grey hood up and sunglasses on. He is wearing gloves and carrying a large green suitcase. He has a rucksack on with water bottles and a blanket attached.

A woman in a brown faded costume is hanging from blue fabric, suspended in an aerial pose.

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