The Nature of Why

Playfully fusing theatre, live orchestral music and contemporary dance, The Nature of Why is a joyous immersive experience blurring the divide between performer and audience.

The joy created by the remarkable company is second only to the joy felt by those lucky enough to see The Nature of Why. This isn’t simply a performance you simply see or hear. It’s one you feel.”

Bristol 24/7

In its first presentation, The Nature of Why opened Mayfest Bristol for four performances. It’s London premiere at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, on Wednesday 5th September, opened the Unlimited Festival 2018. In early 2019 it travelled to Perth Festival, Western Australia and played 21st – 23rd February at the Heath Ledger Theatre.

Theatres were transformed into a site of discovery, as dancers and musicians moved as one in an attempt to erase the divides between musician and dancer, performer and audience.

This show throws convention out of the window and begins to reshape the audience experience of classical music, bringing it closer to the individual. This is exciting.”

Disability Arts Online

This world premiere takes inspiration from the unconventional curiosity of Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, and his search for meaning in the world around us. The Nature of Why promises to be an up-close-and-personal dance experience like no other.

“When you are asking ‘why?’, you have to be in some framework that allows something to be true.” Richard Feynman

The Nature of Why is choreographed by Caroline Bowditch (Adventures of Snigel, Falling In Love With Frida), conducted by Charles Hazlewood, with direction by Caroline Bowditch and Charles Hazlewood.