With motherhood as a point of departure, Aftermath explores the sense that ‘something is over’ and questions what comes next.
During the making of the show, Recacha carried out an outreach programme for mothers and their small children, immersing herself again in that period of early childcare and its impact on the mother’s sense of identity and agency.
Inspired by Recacha’s own experience of motherhood and the social isolation that can accompany it, Aftermath questions what it means to live in a ‘post-everything’ world – post- feminist, post-truth and now post-time. The show imagines a world where the characters are dead, where change is no longer an option and no future awaits. Is motivation possible in such a world?
The audience is seated within the performers’ arena. They are part of the dancers’ journey and yet they are not directly involved. Aftermath comments on our reluctance to act in the face of certain situations, and on the normality of this passivity.
“giddy, ridiculous and amusing two-hander”
“Eleanor Sikorski and Charlotte Maclean weave patterns of wit and absurdity in Eva Recacha’s quietly radical show”
“The pair heat up to a giddy, edge-of-madness energy reminiscent of early French and Saunders.” – The Guardian
“It’s perfect casting with Sikorski as the acerbic, calculating wit and Mclean as the mercurial creative force; their two trajectories start on a fragile thread and fuse together to the point of familiarity and mutual admiration.”
“With its cross between The Private Life Of and Monty Python, Aftermath is as much an exploration of ennui as a picture of the divergent elements of artistic endeavour.” –
Writing About Dance
Coreography: Eva Recacha in collaboration with Charlotte Mclean and Eleanor Sikorski.
Sound design: Alberto Ruiz Soler
Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh
Set and Costume design: KASPERSHOPHIE
Performance: Charlotte Mclean and Eleanor Sikorski
Co-writers: Charlotte Mclean, Eleanor Sikorski, Eva Recacha
Dramaturg: Simon Ellis
Production Manager: Emma Wenlock-Bolt
Producer: Johnny O’Reilly
Sound artist and composer
2023
6 June – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – Festival June Events, Atelier de Paris CDCN, Paris (FR)
28 April – Because I Can – Spring Forward, Dublin (IR)
13 April – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – KLAP Maison pour la danse/Théâtre Joliette, Marseille (FR)
8 April – Unbroken – Connaught Studio, Worthing (UK)
30 March – Because I Can – The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury (UK)
29 March – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – Festival Le Grand Bain, Le Gymnase CDCN, Roubaix (FR)
21 & 22 March – The Passion of Andrea 2 – Pôle-Sud CDCN, Strasbourg (FR)
14 March – The Passion of Andrea 2 – Théâtre de Vanves / Festival Artdanthé (FR)
2 March – Unbroken – Bedales Theatre, Peterdfield (UK)
28 February – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – The Place, London (UK)
22 February – Unbroken – The Marlowe, Canterbury (UK)
16 February – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – Les Hivernales CDCN, Avignon (FR)
11 February – Because I Can – Lancaster Arts, Lancaster (UK)
3 February – Unbroken – The Place, Bedford (UK)
19 January – Unbroken – The Bay Theatre, Weymouth (UK)
12 January – The Passion of Andrea 2 – Trajectoires Festival, CCN Nantes (FR)
2022
9-11 December – Empire of a Faun Imaginary – Escher Theater (Luxembourg)
13th November – Is this a dance? – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK)
3-4 November – Written in the body – Lilian Baylis Studio, London (UK)
17-21 October – Is this a dance? – Camden Schools
28 & 29 October – Is this a dance? – The Place, London (UK)
15 & 16 October – Is this a dance? – The Egg, Bath (UK)
8 July – Because I Can – Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan (Italy)
2 July – Because I Can – Ageless Festival, Leeds (UK)
31 May – Unbroken – Gulbenkian, Hull (UK)
25 May – Written in the body – Brighton Festival (UK)
20 May – Unbroken – Watermans Arts Centre, London (UK)
13 May – Empire of a Faun Imaginary, Work in progress sharing, CND Lyon (France)
10-11 May – Because I Can – South East Dance, Brighton (UK)
5 May – Unbroken – Circomedia, Bristol (UK)
30th April – Because I Can – The Place, London (UK)
28 April – Unbroken – Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (UK)
8 April – Unbroken – Deda, Derby (UK)
5 April – Unbroken, London International Mime Festival (UK)
24-25 March – BROUHAHA 2 – Regard Du Cygne, Paris (France)
21-30 January – PASO – Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (UK)
2021
16 November 2021 – The Passion of Andrea 2, La Rampe Echirolles, Concours PODIUM (France)
10-11 September – Unbroken, The Lowry, Salford (UK)
16 September – BROUHAHA 2 – CDCN Pantin (France)
16 July – BROUHAHA 2 – Le Pacifique, CDCN Grenoble (France)
10-14 & 16-20 July 2021 – The Passion of Andrea 2, Les Hivernales, CDCN d’Avignon, Festival OFF d’Avignon, 22h (France)
25-27 June – BAL: Pride and Dissapointment, Escher Theater (Luxembourg)
2020
2 December – The Passion of Andrea 2, Novokuznetsk Drama Theatre, Festival Windows (online performance) (Russia)
3-4 October – BAL: Pride & Disappointment – Work in progress sharing, Neumünster (LU) and Escher Theater (LU).
14-15 May – The Passion of Andrea 2, Fête de la danse Genève (cancelled) (Switzerland)
3 April 2020 – The Passion of Andrea 2, Trois C-L Luxembourg (LU)
29 February – 01 March Touch – Leeds (UK)
26 February – The Place, London (UK)
2019
28 November – Andante – Teatro Verdi, Sassari (Italy)
20 November – Figurines – Le Croiseur, Lyon (France)
15 November The Passion of Andrea 2, CAPE, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
13-14 November The Passion of Andrea 2, Grand Theatre, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
08 November Brink R&D sharing – Lighthouse, Brighton (UK)
22 October Andante – BAD Festival, Bilbao (Spain)
18 October Andante – The Lowry, Salford (UK)
12 October Andante Installation – The Lowry, Salford (UK)
10 October Idiot-Syncrasy – Gulbenkian / University of Kent, Canterbury (UK)
10 October The Passion of Andrea 2 premiere, Festival Question de danse, KLAP, Marseille (France)
19-24 August Die or Run – Greenside Emerald Theatre, Edinburgh fringe festival (UK)
08 August Andante (site-specific, on the beach) – Festival delle Terre del Mare, Alghero, Sardinia (Italy)
19 July The Passion of Andrea 2, work in progress showing, Berlin (Germany)
18-20 July – Die or Run – Shoreditch Town Hall (Edinburgh Previews), London (UK)
12 July The Passion of Andrea 2, work in progress sharing, Dance City, Newcastle (UK)
05 July The Passion of Andrea 2, work in progress sharing, The Place, London (UK)
30 June Touch – Brighton (UK)
26-29 June Susan – Sam Coren’s new comission for Circus Space, London (UK)
25 June Andante – Napoli Teatro Festival, Teatro Nuovo, Napoles (Italy)
29 May BROUHAHA – The Place, London (UK)
25 May BROUHAHA – Watch Out/Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK)
3-5 May Die or Run – Deli Broadgate, London (UK)
24 April BROUHAHA premiere – Theatre in the Mill, Bradford (UK)
31 March Touch premiere – Shoreham by Sea (UK)
29 March Idiot-Syncrasy – Pôle Sud, Strasbourg (France)
28 March Die or Run premiere – Great British F*ck Off Festival, Old Library, Theatre Deli (UK)
19 February Figurines – Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds (UK)
18 February Figurines – Cambridge Buddhist Centre. 6pm and 7.15pm. Cambridge (UK)
31 January – 2 February (dates TBC) Idiot-Syncrasy – Teatros del Canal, Madrid (Spain)
19,20,21 January Andante – Theatre des Abbesses/Theatre de la Ville, Paris (France)
11 January Andante (open rehearsal) – S’ALA – spazio per artist, Sassari (Italy)
2018
14 December BROUHAHA public sharing – La Briqueterie, Paris (France)
24 November Figurines – Nottingham Buddhist Centre, NOTTINGHAM (UK)
21 November BROUHAHA public sharing – Dance4, NOTTINGHAM (UK)
17 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Born To Be Alive / Manége – Scene Nationale Reims, Reims (France)
16 November BROUHAHA public sharing – Theatre in the Mill, BRADFORD (UK)
25-26 October Aftermath premiere – Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)
09 October Idiot-Syncrasy – The Place, London (UK)
06 September BROUHAHA public sharing – The Place, London (UK)
31 August BROUHAHA public sharing – YorkshireDance, Leeds (UK)
23 August BROUHAHA public sharing – DanceCity, Newcastle (UK)
08-11 August Andante – Theatre Festival Boulevard, Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
18 July Idiot-Syncrasy – Zero Point Festival, Prague (Czech Republic)
13 July Andante – Sommerakademie / TanzFaktur, Köln (Germany)
8 June – Die or Run – Arts in Mind Festival, Theatre Deli Old Library, London (UK)
07 June ANDANTE – Dance East, Ipswich (UK)
05-06 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA), Harare (Zimbabwe) – Link
29 April Idiot-Syncrasy – UNAM, Mexico City (Mexico)
26 April Idiot-Syncrasy – Un Desierto Para La Danza, Hermosillo, Sonora (Mexico) – Link
20 March Figurines – Festival les Incandescences/Journées Danse Dense, BAGNOLET (France)
30 January Idiot-Syncrasy – Theatre d’Arles, Arles (France)
16-17 January Idiot-Syncrasy – Macau City Fringe Festival (Macau) – info
2017
23 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London (UK) – info
16-17 November Figurines – Signes d’Automne, Studio du Regard du Cygne, Paris (France)
14 November ANDANTE – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK) – info
02-04 November ANDANTE – The Place, London (UK) – info
27-28 October ANDANTE – Gender Bender, Bologna (Italy) – info
19-20 October ANDANTE (Premiere) – The Lowry, Manchester (UK)
13 Octuber Idiot-Syncrasy – SIDance, Seoul (Korea) – info
01 October Two to tune – L’Agora, Guilers (France)
30 Septiembre Danzas del Sur de Europa – Festival Dantza Hirian, Bayonne (France)
29 Septiembre Danzas del Sur de Europa – Festival Dantza Hirian, Errenteria, San Sebastián (Spain)
19 September Brouhaha (work in progress) – The Place for Touch Wood, London (UK)
09 Septiembre ANDANTE (Preview) – Spanski Borci (Slovenia) – info
02 June Idiot-Syncrasy – La Filature, Mulhouse (France) – info
18-20 April Idiot-Syncrasy – Shibuya, Tokyo (Japan) – info
20 March Figurines – Le Colombier for Festival les Incandescences/Journées Danse Dense, Paris (France)
03-07 March Idiot-Syncrasy – Theatre de la Ville / Theatre des Abbesses, Paris (France) – info
20-21 January Idiot-Syncrasy – Kelly Strayhorn Pittsburg, PA (USA) – info
12-14 January Idiot-Syncrasy – Arthur Miller Theatre Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) – info
2016
04 December Idiot-Syncrasy – December Dance, Brugge (Belgium)
02 December Two to tune – Grande scène des PSO, Le Cuvier, Bordeaux (France)
30 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (UK)
27 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Festival InTACTO / Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) – info
25 November Two to tune – Winterthur Festival, Winterthur (Switzerland)
24-25 November American Man – Sadler’s Wells, London (UK) – info
11 November Two to tune – Voila! Festival! Cockpit Theatre, London (UK)
10 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Regionteatern, Växjö (Sweden)
07 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Konserthusteatern, Karlskrona (Sweden)
05 November Idiot-Syncrasy- Byteatern, Kalmar (Sweden)
03 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Stenkrossen, Lund (Sweden)
01 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Dansstationen, Malmö (Sweden)
28 October Two to tune & Figurines – Theatre in the Mill, Bradford (UK)
15-16 October Idiot-Syncrasy – La Fundición, Bilbao (Spain)
13 October Idiot-Syncrasy – DanseHallerne , Copenhagen (Denmark) – info
11 October Idiot-Syncrasy – Axis Centre, Cheshire (UK)
08 October Prodance Workshop (with Lola Maury) – Leeds (UK)
07 October Figurines – Bish Bash Bosh, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds (UK)
7-8 October Idiot-Syncrasy – Highfest, Yerevan (Armenia)
10 September Idiot-Syncrasy – Spanski Borci, Ljubljana (Slovenia) – info
1-2 September Idiot-Syncrasy – Brigittines, Brussels (Belgium)
27 August Idiot-Syncrasy – OperaEstate/B Motion, Bassano del Grappa (Italy) – info
25 August Idiot-Syncrasy – Retroperspectives Łódź (Poland)
19 August False Object – Meridian Space, Beijing (China)
5-6 August Idiot-Syncrasy – Theatrefestival Boulevard, Den Bosch (Netherlands)
16 July Figurines – Something is Happening for Kids, The Place, London (UK)
05 July TAME GAME – Castello di Spezzano, Spezzano di Fiorano Modenese, Modena (Italy)
24-26 June ERIS-2000 – Xi’an International Festival, Xi’an (China)
11 June TAME GAME – Secret Florence/Fabbrica Europa e Pitti, Ex Leopoldine, Florence (Italy)
03 June Idiot-Syncrasy (unplugged version) – BASKFEST / The Hive, London (UK)
31 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Interplay, Turin (Italy) – info
29 May Idiot-Syncrasy – ARC for Dance festival, Athens (Greece)
29 May The Wishing Well – Arc for Dance Festival, Athens (Greece)
14-15 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Arnolfini / Mayfest, Bristol (UK) – info
06 May Idiot-Syncrasy – RISE festival/Bodysurf Scotland, Findhorn (UK)
26 April Idiot-Syncrasy – House of Actors in Kharkiv / Zelyonka Fest, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
24 April Idiot-Syncrasy – Art Cluster Dovzhenko-Centre / Zelyonka Fest, Kiev (Ukraine)
13 April Idiot-Syncrasy – Zwolse Theaters/Odeon Shouwburg, Zwolle (Netherlands)
23 March The Wishing Well – Δημοτικό Θέατρο Καλαμαριάς (Tessaloniki, Greece)
03 March TAME GAME – Teatro di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
26 February Idiot-Syncrasy – Teatro Comunale Filodrammatici, Piacenza (Italy)
11 February The Wishing Well – Axis Centre (Crewe, Manchester)
2015
12 December Idiot-Syncrasy – Dansmakers, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
28 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Salmon Festival / Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (Spain) – info
27 November Figurines (work in progress) – Studio Lucien, Lyon (France)
13th November Two to tune & Figurines (sharing) – Yorkshire Dance, Leeds (UK)
12th November Two to tune – Axis Centre, Crewe (UK)
19 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Tanzfestival Winterthur, Winterthur (Switzerland)
11-12 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Cardiff Dance Festival (Chapter), Cardiff (UK)
08 November Idiot-Syncrasy – International Dance Theatres festival, Lublin (Poland)
04 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Romaeuropa / DNA Europe, Rome (Italy) – info
01 November Idiot-Syncrasy – Teatro Massimo, Cagliari (Italy) – info
27 October Idiot-Syncrasy – Matucana 100, Santiago (Chile)
23 October Idiot-Syncrasy – Danzalborde, Valparaiso (Chile)
10 October TAME GAME – NID Platform, Brescia (Italy)
26 September Idiot-Syncrasy – La Briqueterie, Paris (France) – info
11 September Solo Improvisation – Living Room, London (UK)
04 September Idiot-Syncrasy – Cultural Center Abbey Neumünster, Luxembourg – info
6-29 August Idiot-Syncrasy – Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Summerhall (Main Hall) Part of the British Council Showcase, Edinburgh (UK) – info
18-19 July Idiot-Syncrasy – Kalamata International Dance Festival, Kalamata (Greece)
16 July TAME GAME – Bolzano Danza, Bolzano (Italy)
03 July TAME GAME – Teatro Tenda Castello Pasquini, Castiglioncello (Italy)
25 June – 05 July Trio – RCA Final Show, RCA, London (UK) – info
23-24 June Two to tune – Central School of Speech and Drama, London (UK)
10-11 June Idiot-Syncrasy – The Lowry, Manchester (UK) – info
01 June Idiot-Syncrasy – PULSE Festival /Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich (UK) – info
30 May TAME GAME – Interplay, Turin (Italy) – info
29 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Battersea Arts Centre, London (UK)
12 May Idiot-Syncrasy – New Baltic Dance, Vilnius (Lithuania)
8-9 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Zurich Tanzt / Zürich Tanzhaus, Zurich (Switzerland) – info
06 May TAME GAME – Teatro Sanzio, Urbino (Italy)
22 April Two to tune – The Place, London (UK)
19 April Idiot-Syncrasy – Aerowaves / Spring Forward, Barcelona (Spain)
11 April TAME GAME – quelli che la danza Sala Assoli, Naples (Italy)
26-27 March Idiot-Syncrasy – DanceXchange, Birmingham (UK)
21 March Two to tune (Extract) – Trip The Light Fantastic Toe, Trip Space, London (UK)
05 March ERIS-2000 – QCon 2015, Central Hall Westminster, London (UK)
20 Feb Two to tune (work in progress) – Lost Dog dance studio, Laughton (UK)
06 February TAME GAME – The Wallace Collection, London (UK)
04-08 February Leave me Alone – RCA WIP Show, RCA, London (UK) – info
29 January TAME GAME – DAB Teatro Kismet Opera, Bari (Italy)
2014
29 November Idiot-Syncrasy (extract) – The Place-Fresh – London (UK)
15 November TAME GAME – FIND, Teatro Auditorio Comunale, Cagliari (Italy)
08 November A&E – Experimentica, Chapter, Cardiff (UK)
06 November TAME GAME – Zoom Festival / TeatroStudio Krypton, Scandicci (Italy)
05 November TAME GAME – Romaeuropa / DNA, Rome (Italy)
03 October extract from the R&D of SMOKE – Bish Bash Bosh / Yorkshire Dance, Leeds (UK)
30 September – 01 October Idiot-Syncrasy – The Place, London (UK)
20 SeptemberTAME GAME – Vetrina della giovane danza d’autore (festival Ammutinamenti, Anticorpi XL), Ravenna (Italy)
05-06 June Idiot-Syncrasy – Teatro Civico/Palazzo di Città, Sassari (Italy)
23 May A&E – Rise Dance Festival, Findhorn (UK) – info
20 May Idiot-Syncrasy – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK)
15-16 May Idiot-Syncrasy – The Place, London (UK)
25-26 April Easy Rider – The Place, London (UK)
27 March The Wishing Well – Wild Card Eva Recacha, Sadler’s Wells, London (UK) – info
01-02 February TAME GAME – Premio Equilibrio/Parco della Musica, Roma (Italy)
2013
19 December Idiot-Syncrasy – Festival Omissis, Gradisca D’Isonzo (Italy)
06 December Idiot-Syncrasy – Yorkshire Dance, Leeds (UK)
21 November CITY – Scéne Nationale 61, Alencon (France)
19 November CITY – Le Halle aux Grains, Blois (France)
14 November CITY – Festival Automne en Normandie, Pont Audemer (France)
17-27 April The Wishing Well -The Place Prize Finals, London (UK) – info
17 January Kitty 2012 – The Belly of the beast, Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)
2012
22 September The Wishing Well – The Place Prize Semifinals, London (UK)
19 September CITY – Trafó Színhaz, Budapest (Hungary) – info
17 September The End Is Near – eXplore Dance Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
30-31 August CITY – Internationale TanzMesse NRW, Dusseldorf (Germany)
19-20 August Kitty 2012 – Les Brigittines, Brussels (Belgium)
28 June CITY – Omissis Festival, Gradisca D’Isonzo (Italy)
15-16 June The End Is Near – The Place, London (UK)
26 May CITY – The Festival of DANCE, Veszprém (Hungary)
11-12 May CITY – Kelly Strayhorn Theatre, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania-USA)
4-5 May CITY – Arts Bank / Third Bird, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania-USA) – info
27-28 April CITY – Abrons Arts Center, New York City (New York-USA)
30-31 March The End Is Near (premiere) – MU Színház, Budapest (Hungary)
17 March CITY – Tanz Bremen 2012, Bremen (Germany)
11 February TAME GAME – Plesna Vesna 2012, Spanski Borci, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
2011
8-9 December CITY & TAME GAME – MU Színház, Budapest (Hungary)
29-30 November Kitty 2012 – Trafó, Budapest (Hungary) – info
19 November TAME GAME – Danza Sassari Danza 2011, Teatro Civico, Sassari (Italy)
10-22 October Richard’s Got Talent – Dance Umbrella (part of Alston Takes Cover), London (UK)
11 October CITY – PLATFORMA/Platform of Young Choreographers, Zagreb (Croatia)
05 October CITY – Bratislava in Movement Festival, Bratislava (Slovakia)
25 September CITY – Umysl International Dance Festival, Cialo, Warsaw (Poland)
12 August The End Is Near (work in progress) – TOUCH WOOD, The Place, London (UK)
05 August CITY – The Place/RHDT-Summer House, London (UK)
07 May CITY – Festival da Fábrica-Teatro Helena Sá E Costa, Porto (Portugal)
06-16 April Begin to begin – The Place Prize Final, London (UK)
06-16 April Cameo – The Place Prize Final, London (UK)
26 March CITY – Spanski Borci, Spring Forward(Aerowaves), Ljubljana (Slovenia)
11 March CITY – Aerowaves Festival, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt (Germany)
22 January CITY – dunaPart, Budapest (Hungary)
06 January TAME GAME (premiere) – Resolution!2011, The Place, London (UK)
2010
30 Novembre CITY – F.I.N.D. (Festivale Internazionale Nuova Danza), Serrenti (Italy)
30 October CITY – Prix Jardin d’Europe/iDans04, Istanbul (Turkey)
16 & 25 September Cameo – The Place Prize Semifinals, London (UK)
14 & 23 September Begin to begin – The Place Prize Semifinals, London (UK)
15 August CITY – Sziget Festival, Budapest (Hungary)
14 May CITY – Teatro Civico, Sassari (Italy)
10-11 May CITY – MU Színház, Budapest (Hungary)