Listen Dance

A Little Bulb Production

Listen Dance is an evening of social dance, led by a genre-hopping live band, punctuated with intimate theatre moments, from the Olivier award-winning Little Bulb.

Imagine a barn dance where each dance is a different genre. Each performer in the Little Bulb Band teaches the crowd a dance that means something to them, whether that’s disco, the hora or the electric slide. The result? An encouraging, exciting and welcoming place to dance. A space to try something new. A celebration of dancing socially across cultures. A proper good night out. The aim of this show is to celebrate the many different ways that people like to dance. To create a playful and welcoming space for audiences to connect with their community, to dance in ways that are familiar, and to try something new. To connect with history, to access the present and to imagine the future of social dance.

Creative Team

Conceived and created by Little Bulb 

Written and devised by 

Clare Beresford

Dominic Conway

Miriam Gould

Conrad Murray 

Eugénie Pastor

Tom Penn

Alexander Scott

Deepraj Singh 

Shamira Turner

Isabel Adomakoh Young

With thanks to

Yshani Perinpanayagam - R&D collaborator 

Claire Wild - R&D collaborator 

Fiona Baxter - R&D collaborator and producer

Dan Canham - Chats and guidance 

The process has been inspired by creative sessions with Open Door (Super-Culture Theatre Group) and students from University of Bristol and UCA Farnham.