All Blood Runs Red

The extraordinary life of Eugene Bullard.

A young actor stands on a stage. He begins to tell us a long forgotten true story.

With each word, an astonishing history is mapped out. And as the hidden life of an unsung hero unfolds, unsettling truths of the actor’s own experiences break through to the surface. 

Eugene Bullard is a name that should be known, a story that must be heard.  In extraordinary times he lived an extraordinary life.

Runaway, circus entertainer, boxer, night club owner, one of the first black fighter pilots in World War One, jazz drummer, spy, civil rights activist – Eugene Bullard’s life story traces many of the 20th century's most important moments.  

Born in Georgia, USA, and forced to flee the segregation of his homeland, Bullard sought acceptance in Europe during a period of turmoil and social change. 

He worked with Josephine Baker and Duke Ellington and knew Hemingway and Picasso. Wounded in World War 2, he then spied against Hitler’s regime, and yet, Bullard ended his days as a lift operator in New York’s Rockefeller Center. 

imitating the dog bring their unique story-telling techniques to bear on this forgotten story, told through the lens of modern-day experience.  With inspirational stagecraft, digital wizardry and original songs, All Blood Runs Red is an intimate show that breathes the history of the 20th century into life, into now.

This is a story of hope and perseverance; one true story which, in its telling, makes other stories known.

An imitating the dog production created by Morgan Bailey, Pete Brooks, Simon Wainwright and Andrew Quick.