The award-winning Birmingham-based Sonia Sabri Company has announced the 2021 tour of their acclaimed Same Same .. But Different, a show especially for young children and their families. The tour will visit 26 libraries and spaces across England from 27 July-26 August including Birmingham and the Black Country.
Same Same .. But Different, originally commissioned by Birmingham Hippodrome and The Place with support from Birmingham Royal Ballet, is the company’s first ever children’s production which received its world premiere at the Hippodrome in 2019. The show mixes Kathak and contemporary dance with live music, beat boxing and physical storytelling to create a playful, colourful world, exploring curiosities and fears, the times we feel different and when we belong.
Same Same .. But Different is inspired by the well-known Anglo-Asian phrase ‘same, same…but different’, meaning “Yes, something kind of similar, but not the exact same thing”.
Same Same .. But Different has been made working in collaboration with a number of primary schools in Birmingham and London. The children’s creative ideas and lived experiences of being different and belonging have been brought into the show.
In a world and time where there is ‘fear of the different’ the show celebrates diversity and inclusivity in its broadest sense. A joyous and colourful live experience for children 5+ and their families.
The show will tour mostly to libraries across England and other spaces, reaching out to local communities that would not necessarily have access to live theatre.
The show is choreographed by multi award-winning Sonia Sabri one of the world’s leading Kathak dancers and Artistic Director of Sonia Sabri Company. Sonia has an international reputation for collaboration across dance styles and art forms. Sonia has worked as choreographer and movement director with Sir Trevor Nunn CBE, Dame Arlene Phillips (DBE), Marion Tait CBE, Jonzi D, Sir Richard Alston CBE, Shobana Jeyasingh CBE, Nitin Sawhney CBE and Rose English.
Full tour details are listed on the website with links to each library/space. Please contact the library or space direct to register/book in each instance: https://www.ssco.org.uk/tour_calendar/calendar.php
