Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité present

Figures in Extinction

19 - 22 Feb 2025

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A group of dancers stood in a line with their arms extended forward, moving in blurred motion. The lighting is dim, casting dramatic shadows. A group of dancers stood in a line with their arms extended forward, moving in blurred motion. The lighting is dim, casting dramatic shadows.
Date
19 - 22 Feb 2025
Venue
The Hall, Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ
Tickets
Weds and Thurs £30, £25
Fri & Sat £35, £30
Affordable:
Concessions 50% Discount
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7.30–9.30pm

We have free personal assistant tickets available for wheelchair users and disabled visitors. We do not require proof to book a personal assistant ticket with your access ticket.

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Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
Running time: 90 minutes (No interval)

Accessibility features available for this event: Captioning Audio Description Wheelchair Access

Experience a moving and timely new work from choreographer Crystal Pite and director Simon McBurney – the culmination of their award-winning dance trilogy exploring the age of disconnection.

Humanity’s impact on the natural world is greater than ever before. How can artists meaningfully create in the face of mass destruction?

For the past four years, choreographer Crystal Pite and Complicité artistic director and co-founder Simon McBurney have weaved their hopes and fears for our current moment into the dance trilogy Figures in Extinction. In Spring 2025 Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and Complicité will present the final instalment of this major new collaboration here at Aviva Studios – performed by the astounding NDT 1 dancers.

The first work, Figures in Extinction [1.0] – a sweeping exploration of species and environments we have lost and are losing – premiered in The Hague in 2022, receiving the top prize for a dance production at the 2022 Nederlandse Dansdagen. The second work, which premiered in February 2024, is a searing look at our need for connection in a separated world.

Making its world premiere at Aviva Studios, Figures in Extinction [3.0] is the third and final piece of this moving trilogy, offering a spark in the darkness as to where we might go next through a mixture of dance, video and spoken word.

The performance at Aviva Studios brings together parts one, two and the never-before-seen part three, and is the first chance to experience the Figures in Extinction series as a whole.

Co-created by Crystal Pite – who is known for her breathtaking and boundary-pushing work in dance – and celebrated actor, writer, director and co-founder of Complicité Simon McBurney, Figures in Extinction is a thought-provoking meditation on the natural world and our relationship to it.

Tickets

Factory International members on sale: Monday 30 September, 10am

General tickets on sale: Wednesday 2 October, 10am

We have a range of affordable tickets, including options from £10 for those who may need them. You can find out more about our Affordable Ticketing Policy here.

For ticketing and box office related enquiries, please contact tickets@factoryinternational.org or call 0333 322 8679 (phone lines are open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm).

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Credits

A co-production by Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité. Part 3 co-commissioned by Factory International, Manchester.

Co-produced by Schrit_tmacher Festival, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Montpellier Danse.

Access information

Our full address is Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ and the what3words is chop.feeds.chase.

You can approach Aviva Studios along Water Street (coming from Quay Street) or along Liverpool Road (coming from Deansgate or Castlefield). Both entrances to the building have double sets of glass doors.

Once inside Aviva Studios, there is step-free access to all areas of the venue. The flooring throughout the building is smooth concrete.

The entrance to the Hall is by lift, escalator or stairs from one side of the Social beside the brick arches. There is only one escalator, and this will take you up to the Hall before the show, and will be reversed so that you can travel down at the end of the performance.

The Social has a range of seating, including those with arms and backs.

The bars in the Social and Hall Foyer have lowered accessible service points.

Our building is large. We have portable stools available to borrow if you would benefit from resting along the way during your visit.

We have wheelchair spaces and seats at standing events for all events.

There are accessible toilets on all public levels of our building.

Accessible toilets are located inside the main toilets space in the brick arches of the Social.

Here you’ll find a mixture of accessible cubicles with left- or right-hand transfer, towards the back of the space, as well as ambulant accessible cubicles with grab rails, as well as a Changing Places facility.

The toilets in the brick arches of the Social are split into male, female and gender neutral – all of which contain accessible cubicles. There are shared handwashing facilities in each arch – they have soap dispensers under the mirrors to your left and dryers to the right. There are separate handwashing facilities inside the accessible cubicles.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in both Hall Foyers, at stalls and circle level.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in the Warehouse Foyer.

You do not need a key to use the accessible toilets at Aviva Studios.

Assistance dogs are welcome in our building, and we can provide mats and water bowls on request, just ask a host when you arrive. We can also take care of your assistance dog if you do not want to take your dog into the performance space. Please also refer to our assistance dogs policy.

If you are bringing an assistance dog to a ticketed event, please let us know in advance by contacting access@factoryinternational.org or calling our access phone number: 0161 817 4531 (phone lines are open 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday).

There will be an audio-described performance of Figures in Extinction on Friday 21 February 2025.

There will be a captioned performance of Figures in Extinction on Friday 21 February 2025.

Assistive listening is available for this event. To request an assistive listening device please add the assistive listening preference in the ‘Other Preferences’ section of your online account, or contact us by email (access@factoryinternational.org) or phone (0161 817 4531, Monday to Saturday, 10am – 6pm). When you arrive, head to the Orange Box where a member of our Front of House team will be on hand to accompany you to the relevant pick-up point.

Travel information

Our closest stations are:

Salford Central station: 0.4 miles

Deansgate station and Deansgate-Castlefield tram: 0.6 miles

St Peter’s Square tram: 0.6 miles

Manchester Victoria station is approximately one mile from Aviva Studios

Manchester Piccadilly station is approximately 1.3 miles from Aviva Studios

Click on the links above to find detailed access information for each station.

By Bike

There are 40 bike parking spaces at Aviva Studios including space for two accessible bikes.

National Cycling Route 6 passes close to the venue and this TfGM webpage can help with route planning.

You can also hire bikes from on-street docking stations across the city centre. The closest docking stations to our venue are currently on Deansgate by Liverpool Road and (400m from the building) and by King Street (500m from the building). Take a look at Transport for Greater Manchester’s webpage for advice on cycle hire.

By Walking and Other Active Means

Aviva Studios can be approached along Water Street via Liverpool Road (coming from Deansgate or Castlefield).

If you're coming from Quay Street, the safest route to avoid construction works is via the cut-through opposite Gartside Street and past Booking.com.

All footways in the surrounding area are well lit and there are appropriate crossings across all main roads.

Pedestrians with visual impairment are recommended to approach the building via Water Street, from Liverpool Road. This route has traditional carriageway and footway design with fixed street furniture which should help with navigation to the entrance.

A footbridge at Left Bank in Spinningfields provides an accessible link across the River Irwell to Salford Central station, and a further footbridge also links Aviva Studios with the Salford area of Middlewood Locks.

Free bus services stop at all city-centre stations, and near to Aviva Studios along Deansgate, Bridge St and Quay St. Buses on these free routes are wheelchair accessible. For full details of the free bus routes, please visit the TfGM website.

There is a car park approximately 0.6 miles from Aviva Studios at Water Street Car Park, New Elm Rd, Manchester, M3 4JH.

There is also a NCP car park (Manchester Spinningfields) approximately 0.5 miles away from Aviva Studios at Spinningfields, New Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3BE. It has 35 accessible bays.

There are a small number of Blue Badge spaces along Water St and Quay St. Otherwise head towards Liverpool Road, Great John St and Lower Byrom St – close to our neighbours, the Science and Industry Museum where there are a small number of additional Blue Badge spaces.

For a list of other parking bays available in the area, visit Manchester City Council website.

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