Kundle Cru formed to develop their first show, Blame Game.

Following the success of Union Black as part of Circus 250 in 2018, the performers Mateusz Szczerek (Ireland/Poland), Alessio Motta (Italy) and Manu Debuck (France) formed Kundle Cru to develop their first show Blame Game.

They have been joined by the London/Hong Kong movement artist Louiseanne Wong, Dutch juggler Liza van Brakel, Ugandan Krumper Timothy Kakeeto, Northern Irish acrobat Angelique Ross, composer Jack Foster and Movement Director Aline David (and previously with UK House dancer Jack Bain and musicians Gavan Burke and Greg Szczerek).

The company members have strong backgrounds in Krump (Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise), Hip Hop, House Dance, body contact, juggling, Chinese pole, l’art du deplacement, Parkour and circus skills.

They are now developing a new show Birds and working with the Irish producing company Promenade.

Crying Out Loud and Kundle Cru

The founding members of Kundle Cru met through working on Union Black, an innovative work produced by Crying Out Loud as part of its celebrations for the 250th anniversary of modern circus. The development of Blame Game, their first work, was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020. Despite the inability to meet in person the artists and Crying Out Loud were able to work closely to ensure that the collective stayed together and kept the development of the work alive. This included enabling the company to participate in an online bespoke workshop, ‘Scottee’s Notepad Warriors’, and they also took part in one of Ben Duke’s physical storytelling sessions.

Crying Out Loud is delighted that the company now have a producer based in Ireland, Promenade, with whom they can maximise the potential of their new show through Europe.