Naomi Blanche
Administrator
Nitro
6 Brewery Road
London N7 9NH
T +44 (0)20 7609 1331
F +44 (0)20 7609 1221
E info@nitro.co.uk
W nitro.co.uk
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- Small-scale companies/artists
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Outdoor Work
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SIZE OF COMPANY
8 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Felix Cross
Producer
Bryan Savery
Administrator
Naomi Blanche
ARTISTIC POLICY
Nitro develops and produces musical theatre that is rooted in black culture, contemporary and essentially of a British experience. Nitro is artistically-led and collaborates with black artists and performers to create dynamic music theatre events. The company takes a visceral approach to story-telling, creating theatre that combines new writing, original music, drama and dance. Nitro’s productions celebrate black music, inspired and driven by a wealth of styles from reggae, calypso, salsa, soul, jazz and hip-hop to contemporary opera.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘A superb team. It deserves to win in many plaudits… a hot show, full of emotion and high drama. Everybody Salsa!’ WhatsonstageReview (The Wedding Dance)
‘An edgy piece of drama which puts hip hop and black music theatre on centre stage.’ Birmingham Evening Mail (Slam Dunk)
‘A seamless piece of contemporary black musical theatre that is both celebratory and reflective, populist and musically sophisticated.’ The Guardian (Passports to the Promised Land)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Desert Boy Modern acapella and hip-hop musical of a man who cries out for help with a knife in his belly and is heard by a 300 year-old Malian.
Snake Hips A middle-scale musical about Snakehips Johnson – a big band jazz musician killed during WW2 – and his connection with a young hip hop dancer of today.
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Hecuba by Roy Williams. A modern twist on the well-known story, set in the camps of footballers wives.
WRAP-AROUND
Desert Boy singing and writing workshops.
TOURING AVAILABILITY
June 2010 onwards
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