

Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined, a brand-new work based on the original story by Rudyard Kipling with an original score. With a new sense of urgency, Akram will reinterpret this lovingly known story from another perspective, through the lens of today’s children – those who will inherit our world and become our future storytellers.
Embedded in the roots of Jungle Book is the deep threat that mankind poses towards nature. Akram and his team reimagine the journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a refugee caught in a world devastated by the impact of climate change. They will tell the story of how this child will help us to listen again, not to our voices but to the voices of the natural world that we, the modern world, try to silence. Jungle Book reimagined will speak to all generations as a step to remind, to relearn, to reimagine a new world together.
A stellar creative team will be working on this reimagining of Jungle Book, with a script written by Tariq Jordan, dramaturgy by Sharon Clark, to an original score by Jocelyn Pook. With sound design by Gareth Fry, lighting by Michael Hulls, visual stage design by Miriam Buether, video design and animation by YeastCulture, and the insight of film director Andy Serkis, the visual technology will turn the stage into a magical world that dives into the myths of today.
Jungle Book reimagined will be performed by ten dancers: Lucia Chocarro, Tom Davis-Dunn, Thomasin Gülgeç, Max Revell, Matthew Sandiford, Pui Yung Shum, Fukiko Takase, Holly Vallis, Vanessa Vince-Pang and Luke Watson.
Jungle Book Reimagined: Trailer
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The Making of Jungle Book Reimagined
Act 2 - The Story
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The Making of Jungle Book Reimagined
Act 1 – The Inspiration
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The Making of Jungle Book Reimagined
Act III - The Animation
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Akram Khan on Jungle Book reimagined | 2022 International Festival

2022
Curve Theatre, Leicester, UK
Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK
Festspielhaus, St Pölten, Austria
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Theatro Arriaga Antzokia, Bilbao, Spain
Teatro de Canal, Madrid, Spain
Impulstanz Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Concertgebouw Brugge, Bruge, Belgium
Festspiele, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Daejeon Arts Center, Daejeon, South Korea
National Taichung Theater, Taichung City, Taiwan
Théâtre de Caen, Caen, France
Rabozaal Internationaal Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023
Fundación Teatro a Mil, Santiago, Chile ( 11 - 15 Jan )
Baluarte, Pamplona, Spain ( 21 Jan )
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain ( 25 - 30 Jan )
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal ( 17 - 18 Feb )
Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône, France ( 15 Mar )
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK ( 4 - 15 April )
Festspielhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria ( 5 May )
The Lowry, Manchester, UK ( 13 May )
Opéra de Dijon, Dijon, France ( 18 - 19 May )
Les Gémeaux, Sceaux, France ( 24 - 26 May )
Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands ( 10 June )
Megaron, Athens, Greece (14, 15 June)
The Marlowe, Canterbury, UK ( 28 - 29 June )
Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece ( 13 - 14 Sept)
Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy ( 28 Sept - 1st Oct )
Fonderie Limone, Torino, Italy ( 6 - 7 Oct )
Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, Canada ( 12 - 14 Oct )
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada ( 19 - 21 Oct )
The Broad Stage LA, Santa Monica, USA ( 26 - 28 Oct )
Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada ( 1 - 4 Nov )
Harris Theatre, Chicago, USA ( 9 - 11 Nov )
Lincoln Centre, New York, USA ( 16 - 18 Nov )
Stanford Live, California, USA ( 2 - 3 Dec )
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