CRONE ALONE

Crone Alone is the new solo from Brighton based Liz Aggiss, grand dame of anarchic dance and ‘enfant terrible’ of the bus pass generation. Driving herself dizzy with questions of value and worth, she slams down a ‘mindfield’ of unexploded ordinance, angst and deviation. As she zigzags towards the finish line, her mature body testifying to its limitations, Liz Aggiss peels back the bollocks of performance palaver, blazing out her inner crone with clipped dances, poetic outbursts, backchat, delusions of grandeur…….and a horse.

“…..inimitable presence – equal parts Weimar cabaret host, dada dancer, rogue feminist and end-of-pier prankster – feels as fresh now as it did when she started out four decades ago.” 
Sanjay Roy The Guardian June 2022

“You can’t take your eyes off her…..she’s charismatic to the point of perplexing. Her genius is herself though. What she offers is so genuine……personal, purposeful and profound.”Mathew Paluch Seeing Dance June 2022

“With its intricately constructed mix of music-hall tropes, personal revelations, elegantly wrought choreography, and wondrous costume reveals, Crone Alone astounds and delights….” Lisa Wolfe Total Theatre December 2025

The original research for Crone Alone began during the Covid pandemic in 2020 and was funded by Arts Council of England with support from: Dance4, South East Dance, Yorkshire Dance, Sadlers Wells, EHU, University of Chichester. Post pandemic a 20 minute extract was previewed at Elixir Sadlers Wells in 2022. In 2023 Liz Aggiss was out of action and finally accepted her hip needs replacing. In 2024 her hip was replaced. In 2025 she started again and returned to reworking Crone Alone.