HIP hop meets Sword, BBoy meets Morris in Welcome to The Lock In, the UK’s number one folk and hip hop dance extravaganza, which comes to Dorset on Sunday.

With stunning five star national reviews, The Lock In promises to do for English folk dance what Riverdance did for Irish dance and Diversity did for street dance, bringing some lesser known forms of dance into the mainstream. Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of the UK’s top clog, sword and Morris dancers with their counterparts from the worlds of B Boying, popping and krump.

The show is being staged at Lighthouse in Poole, which will also host a selection of free pre-show dance displays from a variety of Dorset acts in the foyer areas before the show including Dorset Buttons (North West and Rapper), Bourne River Morris Men, Bourne Bumpers and Anonymous Morris. The Lock In is the brainchild of award-winning folk band The Demon Barbers, and it sees a group of street dancers arrive at an apparently deserted pub.

Local rumour has it that The Fighting Cocks is the place to be ‘after hours’ but as the regulars arrive, a clash of cultures turns into a dance floor stand-off. The skill, speed and athleticism of the dancers on both sides soon wins the others over as the old and new are brought together in an exciting and dynamic dance-off. Sword dances are performed with snooker-cues, pub bouncers dance the Morris and B Boys flirt with clog girls. Meanwhile house band The Demon Barbers takes English Folk music on a new journey with friends Hip Hop, House, Funk and Ska and even says hello to Burlesque and Drum & Bass along the way!

The Lock-in is at 7.30pm on February 24 and tickets are available from 0844 406 8666.