Robert Burton News

A profound meditation on the nature of mental illness

The final season features Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield-Norris & Rodney Norris, Remy Ma & Papoose, “DJ Envy” & Gia Casey, Mike Hill & Cynthia Bailey, Sonequa Martin-Green & Kenric Green, Eric Bellinger & LaMiyah La’Myia Good, and more couples.

Tickets go on sale to Barbican Patrons today, Barbican Members Plus on Thursday 16 June, Barbican Members on Friday 17 June and on general sale on Saturday 18 June 2022.

The Mental Health Foundation reports that there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK in 2013. All of us may feel stressed at some point in our lives, but it can be an unwanted and overwhelming strain on many people's day-to-day activities.

The tempestuous relationship between sex, anxiety and music comes to a head in a remarkable new production from one of Europe's most exciting theatre directors, Calixto Bieito.

bodycorps presents 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', a new opera drawing links between medical and physical health in an exploration of depression, genetics and renaissance medicine. With Libretto by Finn Beames and music by Benjamin Tassie, the show will play TestBed1, Battersea., 22nd to 25th October, and as part of the Happy Soul Festival in Richmond on 14th October. Press night is set for Wednesday 22nd October 8pm.