After Us

‘After Us’ is a live performance in which a group of performers is tasked with imagining the future when history has ended. It combines algorithmically generated sound, dance, cassette tapes, and material created live on stage.

Three sisters (and one brother) undergo a furious and mad routine that draws upon their contested versions of the past. They record and replay stories of money and dreams, of support and sabotage. They use each others’ bodies. They re-process YouTube clips from the 90s. They question if there really is no alternative. ‘After Us’ swings between the sensitive and the bombastic. Asking not ‘why are we like this?’, but rather, ‘how did we get stuck?’

Development of ‘After Us’ has been supported by The Work Room, Dance Base, Creative Scotland, and the Generate Programme at the National Theatre. The show is set to premiere and tour across the UK in 2026.

CREDITS

Concept and direction | Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello

Created in collaboration with the full company.

Collaborators during development | Roseanna Anderson, Molly Scott-Danter, Valentina Formenti, Tess Letham, Charlotte Mclean, Tzarina-Nassor, Anna Porubcansky, Benjamin Osugo, Luca Rutherford, Greg Sinclair, Claire Willoughby (performers); Wambui Hardcastle (assistant director); Pamela Carter (dramaturg); Rob Willoughby (sound designer); Helen McIntosh (creative producer)