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News27 Oct

Rupture marks 20 years with a jungle play, a book and a tour from London to Budapest

Rupture turns 20, and the London jungle night is marking it with a play, a book and a run of anniversary parties. Double O and Mantra started Rupture in London in 2006. For the anniversary they have brought theatre into the rave: Ferry to the Underworld, written by Sabrina Mahfouz and Courttia Newland and scored live by Double O, is a standing performance that honours the gift of Black culture to jungle and drum & bass. It opens the night at the Trinity Centre in Bristol on 14 November, with Sully and Loxy on the rave, and at FOLD in London on 20 November, where the play runs from 22:00 to 23:00 and Rupture carries on until 06:00. A book, We Are Rupture: Signals From The Heart of the Rave, is due on 12 November. It collects writing from Rupture regulars. A vinyl box set is also on the way. Further anniversary dates: 21 November: Rupture 20 at The White Hotel, Manchester, with DJ Flight, Double O, Fez the Kid, Mantra and Djinn 4 December: Rupture x Unity Underground at FORGE, Sheffield, also marking three years of Unity Underground, with Fabio, SHERELLE, Mantra, Double O, Pete Cannon, Kid Lib and more on the RAZE and Impulse sound systems 11 December: EXIT Glasgow, their third takeover there, with Mantra, Double O and Blackeye MC 18 December: RIGHT TIME at Atno, Budapest, where Double O, Decibella and Blackeye MC make their Budapest debuts