Nonsuch Entertains

As much at home on the stage of a classical concert hall as we are performing for a small audience in an historical building or museum, Nonsuch boasts a breadth of knowledge and a performance energy that will surprise you.

Our work has been seen at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southwark Cathedral, The National Gallery, and St. John's, Smith Square. We have been featured at national arts festivals in Windsor, Brighton and Canterbury. We frequently perform at historically significant sites or celebrations, and can design a tailor-made performance for your party or corporate event.

Recent successes

• Dance & Art in Renaissance Italy: a lecture-demonstration at the National Gallery, London, exploring the role of dance in Renaissance painting. Delivered by Nonsuch Artistic Director Darren Royston and art historian Sian Walters, with live performances from the Nonsuch company
• Chipping Norton Charter Hall
• Hoxton Hall London Opera House Weekend
• Geffrye Museum: Dances of the 1930s (Sharpend Community
  Project)
• Nonsuch was contracted to re-create the dances of a late 19th century Venetian masked ball for a large-scale private event at the Reform
  Club, London.

Coming up...

"Samuel Pepys Learns to Dance"
February 7th, 2008 7pm
Geffrye Museum, London.
(Inspired by the diary of Samuel Pepys, who writes of his jealousy when his young wife requests to have private lessons with a dancing master.) www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

Love’s Proper Exercise
February 9th, 2008 , 7:30pm
Performed as part of the University of Leeds Early Music Festival.Tickets £8-£12 on 0113 343 2584
www.leeds.ac.uk/music/concerts/

Download a PDF of our latest press release here.

What's next?

Nonsuch is undergoing a major redevelopment process that will put us at the forefront of research and performance in historical dance.

Check back here regularly for more
information.