Jenni is not an athlete. Jenni has not done enough training. Jenni wants to perform a feat of endurance in real-time. She really wants to be able to run up hills and mountains. Since her mum is Bolivian, she's banking on her DNA containing Inca genes, which she hopes will mean that she will be shit hot at running up mountains.

Naturally.

Exploring colonial legacies through the world of the Bolivian/Aymaran warrior Bartolina Sisa and modern-day women who are out-performing men at ultra marathon running, Jenni wants to know how we carry on when things get really hard?

In a heart-racing blend of dance, theatre, integrated creative captions, and an attempt at a sports spectacle, Endurance looks at how and why we endure.

ENDURANCE is inspired by the world of endurance sports, and plays with the ways in which sports commentary and narration shape and erode personal stories and national histories.

Jenni is an award-winning performer, theatre-maker, and choreographer based in Manchester. She has worked with companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, The National Theatre and The Royal Exchange. She was on the Olivier award winning team for the stage production of Baby Reindeer.

ENDURANCE was shortlisted for the prestigious Stückemarkt (Theatertreffen 2022), one of 22 artworks shortlisted from 347 global entries.