Artist and choreographer Eve Stainton makes their Bold Tendencies debut with The Joystick and The Reins (World Premiere), accompanied by Ennio Morricone’s seminal score for The Thing (1982). The Joystick and The Reins explores who is deemed to be, and those who decide what constitutes a ‘threat’ within society; exploring how marginalised groups have been instrumentalised through systems of oppression and authoritarianism. Cycling through hyper-emotional states of intensity, the scene and solo figure become a site for the audience’s own projections. This becomes a choreographic practice of distortion, referencing ideas of power, dominance, perpetrator, victim, threat and interpretation. Influences for The Joystick and The Reins include historical reenactments, police and riot arrest imagery, and 1980s Crime Watch episodes; examining what it means to reconstruct a theatrical scene that draws on truth, and how societal constructs keep people ‘at risk’ of incarceration in a place of vulnerability. Morricone’s music finds resonance with Stainton’s mutual exploration of societal suspicion, psychological horror, and the devastating potential of individual isolation. Co-commissioned by Bold Tendencies, Dansehallerne (DK), Transform, Possession Performance + Automation and The Place. Supported by Queen Mary University of London, Old Diorama Arts Centre, Den Frie Udstilling (DK), SLUG (DE) and L'Ecart Biennial (CA). This event is supported by the Wavendon Foundation. Presented by Bold Tendencies. All ages.