It comes down to territory.
Two crews
One squat
A fight to the death for supremacy
But
The ghosts who haunt the squat were there first and are looking for new blood.
Who will win? ZIP: A POST CODE WAR!
ZIP: Gun & Knife Crime was supported by the Big Lottery Fund, Choice FM and Camden Council.
Giant Olive organised a series of workshops with people in Camden affected by Gun & Knife Crime and the participants devised and produced 'ZIP' with Ray Shell, which was staged in the Camden Fringe Festival.
With top level choreography from Gary Lloyd; experienced street dancers, rappers, beat boxers and actors, ZIP is a haunting night at the theatre.
Mentor support provided by James Kenwood and Sarah Henley.
Original programme and credits available here.
Press from the 2010 production of ZIP:
BBC News Online ‘UK's gun and knife problem tackled by young actors’
BBC rehearsal gallery: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10580154
Time Out ‘grime/R&B ballad repertoire pleasingly raw and unmannered’
Whatsonstage 'So remember West Side Story and prepare for sixty breakneck minutes of street talk, beatbox rap and menace'
5 Stars - Remotegoat ‘This production deserves to be seen a lot more widely - and it's that good that I'm confident it will be’
The Londonist ‘Excites, entertains, provokes and moves. Think SKINS meets KIDULTHOOD and gets mixed up with STREETDANCE 3D’
Camden New Journal ‘It is a brave piece of theatre that slams into you and leaves you dizzy with astonishment’
British Theatre Guide ‘A show of pounding energy and considerable skill that grabs its audience’