# A Song and Dance

A Song and Dance at Battersea Arts Centre, Tuesday 17 November 2026, until 21 Nov.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Battersea Arts Centre, SW11 5TN London
- With: Action Hero
- Go to page: https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-song-and-dance/

![A Song and Dance](https://noky.io/images/17ed1a4add0e852f4da63c74cdfec18f2d0991d9c62e62c5893554685f93b209-1200.webp)

A Song and Dance is a theatre performance about masking, performing and 'acting the part.' Created and performed by Action Hero, with text by Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse and direction by Gemma Paintin. A reluctant actor, lost inside a recurring nightmare filled with the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors, returns to the stage to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright, replays his own life story and starts to lose the plot. He re-writes his anxiety dreams live on stage with the audience, in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past.

## Dates

- Tuesday 17 November until 21 Nov — Battersea Arts Centre

Written by a model, sources: [bac.org.uk](https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-song-and-dance/)

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