The Brown Suite

7:30PM, Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Venue: Darlington Hippodrome

The Brown Suite is a funk and soul fuelled dance-theatre production set to the sound of the 1970s, featuring music by James Brown, Etta James and Sam Cooke. Structured in three parts - Pulse & Play, Party & Fracture, and Reprise & Release - the work unfolds as a living mixtape of rhythm-driven vignettes. Rather than a single narrative, characters collide, flirt, fracture and reconnect, exploring pride, power, love and release through groove. The movement language fuses ballet, contemporary and groove-based forms, drawing on jazz and Horton lineages, with choreography that is cinematic, musical and unapologetically physical. Sensual duets, electric party scenes, aching solos and charged ensemble moments sit side by side, each carrying its own temperature. Created by BlacBrik and powered by Fundamentally Dance, this fresh work is performed by seven virtuosic dancers celebrating soul culture, Black musical heritage and human connection, inviting audiences into a world where rhythm drives emotion and story lives in the body. 'The pair are hypnotic, leaving the audience wanting more, more, more of this' The Reviews Hub ‘I will beg or borrow any ticket to see Blacbrik dance again. They are the coming trend' Gramilano ‘Sinuous slink of bodies totally in the groove’ The Herald VIP Tickets include meet and greet with the cast.