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Jeremiah

by Jack Dean & Company

theatre, music-and-opera

From the critically-acclaimed rap storyteller behind Grandad and the Machine comes a rambunctious new show with live music about one of the

about the production

Jeremiah is a loud, explosive, raucous new show combining live music and theatre from rap storyteller Jack Dean. Featuring a live band of three musicians in period dress, it will tell the incredible true story of the much misunderstood Luddite rebellion – a movement that spanned the whole North of England, had more British soldiers fighting it than Napoleon, and made the destruction of machinery a capital offence. The story will be told through the lens of the life of Brandreth, the instigator of the Luddites’ final gambit, the Pentrich Rising, and the last man to be beheaded in the

about the artist

Jack Dean & Company are a disabled-led, artist-owned non-profit & band set up to help tell stories of how things could be. They collaborate with inspiring and exceptional artists to create work across a range of art forms, with a focus on touring live shows. Their 2022 concept album and show Hero & Leander, or, I Love You, But Everything’s Under Water, has toured the UK extensively, including performances at the South Bank Centre and Beautiful Days festival.

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stage dimensions

width: 4 metres

height: 4 metres

depth: 4 metres

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fans of spoken word and performance poetry
fans of hip hop
fans of contemporary arts
fans of political theatre
Deaf and disabled audiences

‘Artists like rap storyteller Jack Dean make us excited about what they might do next

The Guardian

‘Incredibly innovative... Writer Jack Dean enthrals his audience’

Reviews Hub

‘Impressive poetic, musical and narrative skills... undoubtedly a performer with an exciting career ahead of him.

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£1500 for one-off, £850 for additional shows in a run (negotiable).