Becky Namgauds - The Heat

Inspired by Paula Rego’s Dog Woman paintings, THE HEAT by Becky Namgauds is a visceral dance theatre piece that fractures the expectations of the home as a place of comfort.

Set in a surreal domestic dreamscape where the familiar warps, something primal is seeping out — dark psyches uncoil, desires smolder, and absurdity slices through the ordinary. 

The domestic space becomes unstable — a place where comfort and confinement blur and where tension verges on erupting. 

With wild hair, bared teeth and raw physicality, an intergenerational all-female cast conjures striking imagery that bring the audience on a journey through an unflinching portrait of the wild forces just beneath the surface.

THE HEAT features music specially composed by Domenico Angarano, intricate set and costume design by Linbury Prize-winning production designer Yimei Zhao and lighting design by Zoé Ritchie. 

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells and South East Dance. Additional support from Rose Lipman Building Mill Co. and Centre 151 (London). 

Special thanks to Lucy Namgauds, Samir Nuñez, Tim Goodingam, Sam Hines, Lauren Barri Holstein, Fi MacBride, Solene Riff, Camilla Greenwell, Donata Kukyte, Theo Georgious, Pinky Wu, Yolanda Wu, Sua Tsubokura-Aguiriano, Chris Fisher & John Bulleid, Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Dawn Prentice, Lucy & Niamh at Hofesh Co, Louise Jardine, Paul Davies and all at The Rose Lipman Building, Centre 151, Studio Wayne McGregor and Battersea Arts Centre.