Wilton’s Music Hall brings hip-hop show Fray to the London

Fray, a hip-hop theatre show from CandyBomber Productions and choreographer Sisco Gomez, is heading to London’s Wilton’s Music Hall.

Fray fuses world-class dance, music and digital visuals to tell a story about two deeply bonded brothers navigating competing passions for Hip Hop dancing and for the shared world of adventure they discover inside of video games as over time, their bond frays when the older brother is lured away by dark forces.

Written and directed by Kate Duhamel, it is produced and choreographed by Gomez.

Large screen visuals portray the games that first light up the brothers’ young imaginations with colourful landscapes and imaginary characters who inspire and challenge them, much like the people they meet in the real world outside. 

As their story plays out across the years, a video game they build together becomes the singular world in which Tullio can hold a connection to his older brother, Ziya, who is being lured away by perilous influences. Tullio finds himself in a real-life quest in which there is no analog “game controller” for real people, and steering his brother away from the dark forces that attract him can’t be programmed into a computer. Tullio must dig deep to find within himself a power mighty enough to turn fear into hope for them both.

The cast includes Elijah Smith, Jamai Robinson, Alex Chambers, Jost Karlin, Ken Nguye, Ola Papior and Marie Spieldenner.

Fray comes to Wilton’s Music Hall from July 24-26.

Guy Masterson brings Under Milk Wood to Wilton’s Music Hall

Solo performer Guy Masterson will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood with a week of shows at Wilton’s Music Hall.

Inspired by his uncle, Richard Burton, who led the first broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 1954, Olivier Award winner Masterson has brought the entirety of Thomas’ work to vivid life on stage, by himself, more than 2,000 times all over the world over the past 30 years.

All 69 of Thomas’ wonderfully quirky inhabitants of the fictional Welsh village Llareggub, from Blind Captain Cat, to Rosie Probert and the Reverend Eli Jenkins, are assiduously recreated in an amazing feat of memory and physical virtuosity.

Presented by Masterson and Theatre Tours International, the show is directed by Tony Boncza (with original direction by George Dillon), with original music and soundscape by Matt Clifford.

Under Milk Wood plays from May 9-13.