Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Pentland Theatre

Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Pentland Theatre

Nadenh Poan, a Cambodian male wheelchair dancer caught in a gravity defying headstand. A haze of golden light spills around him as he throws his left arm forwards to the camera, balancing only on the side of his head and right arm, his lightweight black manual chair lifted above him.

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Pentland Theatre

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1 hour 45 mins (inc interval)

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Age Guidance: 12+

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Pentland Theatre

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1 hour 45 mins (inc interval)

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Age Guidance: 12+

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1 hour 45 mins (inc interval)

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Lived Fiction is the manifestation of Stopgap’s twenty-year history, a timely intervention that can shape the future of contemporary dance.

The sensual choreography of Lived Fiction is rendered anew with evocative audio description, exquisite projection art and captioning. The internationally revered company invites you to experience dance from multiple perspectives and share in a future that is rich with the enterprise, potential, and power of diversity.

Expect masterful performances from Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled creatives in the dance work that is deep with compassion for the human condition.

www.stopgapdance.com

Full of wit, sophistication and spellbinding movement

The Observer

A beautiful expression of creativity

Theatre Tonic

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Accessibility info and what to expect when coming to see Lived Fiction

Access provisions at Lived Fiction

Stopgap have been the exemplar of diversity and inclusion on stage for two decades, but a global leader of inclusive dance has to do more than showcase Disabled talent. It is time for us to level up and make dance accessible to the widest possible range of audiences.

We want the performers and the audience to gain a shared-experience of an inclusive world and revel in the joy of different people cohabiting the theatre space.

Lived Fiction aims to do this through intertwining audio description, captioning, projection art, and relaxed environment with world-class choreography.

Click here to find out more about Creative Access involved in Lived Fiction.

Lived Fiction Visual Guide

Lived Fiction Audio Flyer

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