SIZE OF COMPANY
4 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Benji Reid
General Manager
Lisa Eaton

ARTISTIC POLICY
Breaking Cycles is an artist-led company dedicated to the creation and production of inclusive, highly energised, emotionally conflicting physical theatre – crossing and challenging the boundaries of multi-disciplined art forms, layering contemporary vision with classical inspiration. Breaking Cycles is a national and international advocate for Hip Hop theatre, playing a key role in its development as an artform, challenging, engaging, and creating new audiences.  

REVIEW EXTRACTS
You’re never bored that you’ve only got Benji Reid for company because he has an exuberant variety of skills to keep you entertained.
Time Out
This is a poet trapped inside the body of a dancer. It’s a killer combination.
Daily Telegraph, Australia
Reid is far more than a top-class entertainer.
The Guardian

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Holiday
The Holiday is a physical sonnet, a dark and instinctive proposition on escapism that grasps and retains the raw emotion and energy of movement based theatre, body popping, poetry and rhythmic bass.
15 minutes, no Interval, 2 on stage, 3 on the road
Style 4 Free
An improvisation inspired by hip hop and jazz, danced like a slapstick puppet creating disjointed text over muffled beats. With sampling from kung fu movies, cartoons and The Olympics, nothing is sacred.  Each improvisation will hail a new story and new free style.
10–15 minutes, no Interval, 2 on stage, 3 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Devil’s Taken Quentin’s Heart
Welcome to the turbulent world of Quentin Forrest and his quest for salvation. This is is a short story-based on one of the characters in the critically acclaimed Iced, a novel by Ray Shell that explores the stark realism of substance abuse and fractured relationships. Accompanied by a live DJ and Pianist, this is a twisted, funky and perverse new page in the Hip Hop Theatre manual.
60 minutes, no Interval, 3 on stage, 4 on the road

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops – Full workshop programme available on request
Post performance discussions, talks, lecture demonstrations, target age range: 15+
All activities intended for both amateur and professional audiences.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 USA, Hip Hop Theater Festival: 13 Mics
2005 Canada, Toronto, World Stage; Flying Solo: 13 Mics, Style 4 Free

TOURING AVAILABILITY
The Holiday: Available now
Style 4 Free: Available now
The Devil’s Taken Quentin’s Heart: October 2009