Photo Flash: Jane Horrocks and Company in Rehearsal for IF YOU KISS ME, KISS ME at the Young Vic

New Wave storms the Young Vic next month in an anarchic world premiere conceived by Jane Horrocks and Aletta Collins. Horrocks, star of LITTLE VOICE, performs with a live band and company of dancers directed and choreographed by Collins, who was responsible for Bend It Like Beckham's choreography and music staging. IF YOU KISS ME, KISS ME, which conjures the rebel spirit, disillusionment and messy relationships of the UK's 1970s-80s music scene, hits the Young Vic's main house on March 10 and opens on March 16, running until April 16.

Joining Grammy and Emmy-winning music producer and arranger Kipper in the live band are Fabienne Débarre, Mark Neary and Rat Scabies, while Conor Doyle, Daniel Hay-Gordon, Lorena Randi and Michael Walters form the company of dancers. Designs are by Bunny Christie (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time).

Jane Horrocks returns to the Young Vic following her performances in Annie Get Your Gun in 2009 and The Good Soul of Szechuan in 2008. Other theatre credits include: East is East (Trafalgar Studios and tour); Aunt Dan and Lemon, Road (Royal Court); Absurd Person Singular (Garrick); Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse) and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (National Theatre/ Aldwych). Film credits include: Sunshine On Leith, Corpse Bride, Chicken Run, Little Voice, Life Is Sweet, The Witches and The Dressmaker. Her television credits include: Trollied, The Road To Coronation Street, Gracie, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, The Street, Never Mind The Horrocks, Absolutely Fabulous, Suffer The Little Children, Bad Girl and Road.

Aletta Collins is a former Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House, where her work included choreographing and directing The Red Balloon, Cocteau Voices and Magical Night in the Linbury Studio Theatre. Previous directorial credits include: La Fanciulla del West, Dido and Aeneas, La Voix humaine and Les Noces (Opera North); Carmen (Salzburg Festival); and Philip Pullman's Aladdin (Bristol Old Vic). Choreography includes: Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre); Made In Dagenham (Adelphi); La Traviata (Glyndebourne Festival and UK Tour); Anna Nicole (Royal Opera House and Brooklyn Academy of Music); Drifting and Tilting - The Songs Of Scott Walker (Barbican); The Effect (National Theatre); His Dark Materials (National Theatre) and the Olivier Award-winning The Tempest (Royal Opera House).

Bunny Christie's theatre credits include: Husbands and Sons (forthcoming October 2015), People, Places and Things, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time which transferred to the West End and Broadway, winning Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Set Design, The White Guard and A Streetcar Named Desire, which both won Olivier Awards, Baby Doll, which won an Evening Standard Theatre Award (National Theatre); Julius Caesar, Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann's Warehouse, New York); Made in Dagenham (Adelphi). Her opera credits include: Medée (ENO) and Brief Encounter (Houston Grand Opera). Her film credits include Swansong which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.

Photo credit: Johan Persson

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