RISK Partners: A macRobert production in association with Company of Angels, YDance and The Tron, Glasgow Supported by: Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council England Written and Directed by: John Retallack Choreography by: Andy Howitt Cast: Paul J Corrigan, Martin Docherty, Michelle Edwards, Annmarie Fulton, Edward McGurn Dates: Scotland: February 8 – March 10, 2007              England: March 12 – March 25, 2007 Walking the line between feeling alive and staying alive For many young people personal safety is simply not on their list. They seek risk. Ways to feel more alive. If their homes or their schools do not stimulate them, young people will naturally look elsewhere. How else can they discover their limits? How else can they find out who they are? RISK explores these questions through dance, text and narrative. It asks why young people are drawn to danger; why they risk their freedom, their bodies, their minds and their futures. Joy-riding, 'train-surfing', graffiti, extreme practical jokes, 'happy slaps', pointless theft, drugs, fighting, terrorising ordinary pedestrians, testing the limits of the law - these are only a few of the activities identified under the umbrella of 'risk'. Like its sister piece Club Asylum, RISK was informed by interviews and workshops conducted by Andy Howitt and John Retallack with young people in Glasgow and Stirling. They led to the development of the professional production, impacting on both the text and the choreography of RISK. “Told through a series of monologues, each punctuated by some highly-charged chorus work and trademark Howitt dance moves, Risk is a well-fashioned piece of theatre.” Glasgow Herald “It’s a tremendous show, not only because it talks so openly to its target audience about this difficult rites of passage, but also because it’s staged with such flair. Andy Howitt’s hip hop influenced choreography and Kai Fischer’s lighting bring a real rigor to Retallack’s vivid and vibrant script. Should you see it? Yes, of course: it’s well worth the risk.” The List “It's the dramatic ambiguity and the emotional honesty that give the play its head and heart. […] an energised show with five high-precision performances from Paul J Corrigan, Martin Docherty, Michelle Edwards, Annmarie Fulton and Edward McGurn, who bring a physical dynamism to match the youthful vigour of the script.” Hi-Arts To buy a copy of Company of Angels - Four Plays by John Retallack (featuring Hannah & Hanna, Club Asylum, RISK and Virgins) please contact Vanessa Fagan on 020 7928 2811 or shop online at www.oberonbooks.com.