Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes

The second performance of a remarkable show that combines photography, choreography and theatre to tell an emotional rollercoaster of a story.

Find Your Eyes draws on Benji Reid’s work both as an award-winning photographer and a pioneer of hip hop theatre to create images in real time in front of the audience. He sits at the centre of the stage, his ‘studio’, with three dancers posing for the camera; as he shoots his models, the images appear on large screens. The performance priogresses with the photoshoot becoming more and more elaborate, interwoven with episodes of Reid’s own life.  …

Says Reid: “This performance … serves as a conversation with myself to unearth where I’ve been all these years – a dialogue about struggling with alcohol, grappling with the immense pain of my mother’s stroke, and contending with the depths of mental health struggles, shame, and guilt. However, this work is also a celebration of evolution, a journey of moving forward, finding breath, discovering love, and embracing life’s beautiful imperfections.”