Revel
A Company Chordelia production,
in Association with the Byre Theatre and Luminate
Revel is funded by Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund and will be touring
September 17th – mid - October 2026
Supported by Dance Base, The Work Room and Byre Youth & Community Arts.
Revel is supported through The Work Room’s Residency programme. Development supported by Magnetic North.
Revel, is a 60+ coming of age story.
Taking place in the theatre dressing room of every show Kally & Steinvör have ever been in, past, present and future, this dance theatre show combines physical theatre and dance, dialogue and music. Moving between the real relationship in the dressing room as they get ready, always getting ready, and the surreal internal states which describe the losses, gains and adjustments of ageing, two performers perpetually navigate the memories and shifting realities of their bodies and minds with wry humour as they get ready to step out on stage once more.
In a world where we do battle with ideas of who we are told to be, wish we were and actually are, accepting and embracing ourselves as we are now, is the backbone and challenge of this show. This piece is fundamentally about adaptability, resilience, loss, irreverence, joie de vivre and dancing.
Sustainability: In the making of this piece we are recycling and upcycling costumes and sets from previous shows and also using the ideas that sparks about what and how we danced and who we are over the span of our lives so far.
CREDITS
Concept and Direction by Kally Lloyd-Jones
Created and choreographed by Kally Lloyd-Jones and Steinvör Palsson
Anyone Who Had A Heart choreography by Matt Foster
Performed by Kally Lloyd-Jones and Steinvör Palsson
Designed by Janis Hart
Music: Dabney Morris, Saint-Saens, Shostakovitch, Cilla Black, Massenet, Fantcha, Chopin
Feedback from residency sharings:
'funny, surreal, touching’
’Fabulous performances, amazing, versatile, provocative, emotional’
’I found ths piece incredibly emotional’
‘it made me feel that I could do anything’
‘handled with humour and poignancy – it was really special’
‘it was moving – a journey of moods and subtle emotions’
’facial expression was marvellously expressive and crucial’
’Love the truths that can emerge in movement, and the insistence on authenticity’
’Intriguing and entertaining’
Photos below by Chi Wai Cheung at Magnetic North MegaMix Scratch Night
