Four performers on a dark stage. The left half of the image is filled with a large ladder, under which a white woman in her thirties stands, balancing herself on a wheelchair. She tips the wheelchair onto its back wheels with her weight, holds onto the ladder with one arm, and smiles, looking proud and strong. To her left, a mixed race man in his thirties stands, holding an old rectangular red school suitcase in his left hand. He looks up dreamily to the third performer, who is a white man in his forties. The third performer is about two metres above the ground, using his left arm to clamp himself onto the bar. His looks like he is almost sitting in the air. His face is in the shadow. Below, on the far left, a white woman in her seventies sits on a red armchair. Its colour matches the second performer's travel case. She rests her head on her right hand, her elbow resting on the armchair. Her eyes are closed.

Delicate

A show written by Jamie Beddard, about how things need to fall apart before they can into place. Delicate was presented by Extraordinary Bodies and co-produced with Figurteatret i Nordland (Nordland Visual Theatre) and Theatre Royal Plymouth. Delicate toured between October and December 2022. Find out more below. For booking enquiries, contact Fiona Buffham.

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Show image © Olufsen Media / Steve Tanner. Extraordinary Bodies is the collaboration between Diverse City and Cirque Bijou. Thank you to our funders Arts Council England, National Lottery and Paul Hamlyn Foundation, to our Delicate R&D funders Unlimited and The Wellcome Trust, to Jacksons Lane for their support during rehearsals, and to Hugh Borthwick from Theatre Royal Plymouth and Adrian Berry from Jacksons Lane for their support.