The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart is a twisted, funky and perverse musical that explodes the nature of performance, storytelling and dance. Combining artists from the spheres of physical theatre, live art, hip hop and radical black writing, this is a modern day tragedy exploring the stark realism of substance abuse and fractured relationships.

Benji Reid: Writer and performer Peader Kirk: Writer and Director Ray Shell: Writer John Ellis: Musical Composition and Performer Andrew Wong: Musical Composition and Performer

Suitable for age 15+
Dense use of text
Requires clear understanding of English
Uses live music
Not currently available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning

Number of performers: 3

Number of people on tour: 4

Suitable for studio or small theatre space

Suitable for rural touring

Available for touring from Autumn 2009

Educational workshops available around this performance. Further information available on request.

Formed by Benji Reid, Breaking Cycles is an artist led company crossing and challenging the boundaries of multi disciplined art forms to create and produce inclusive, highly energized and emotionally conflicting Physical Theatre.

The company has successfully toured work in the UK and Internationally including performances at The Sydney Opera House, Australia, New York and Washington DC Hip Hop Theater Festivals, USA, Sadlers Wells, London and in The Cottesloe Theatre at The Royal National Theatre, London.

Benji Reid has been creating Physical and Hip Hop Theatre for over ten years. His solo work includes ‘13Mics’, ‘B Like Water’, ‘The Pugilist’, ‘The Holiday’, ‘Styles 4 Free’, ‘Paper Jackets’ and ‘15 Seconds of Fame’.

Collaborative commissions include Director of Charlie Dark’s ‘Have Box Will Travel’, Devising and directing ‘Life Of A B-Boy’ for Spearfish and Funkstylerz UK, Co-director and choreographer of hip-hop musical ‘Slamdunk’ with Felix Cross, Artistic Director of NITRO, Co-directing Jonzi D's solo of 'Aeroplane Man'.