Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Lucy Marinkovich, Emmanuel Reynaud
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Lucy Marinkovich, Emmanuel Reynaud
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Emmanuel Reynaud, Lucy Marinkovich
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Lucy Marinkovich, Emmanuel Reynaud, Matthew Moore
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Matthew Moore, Emmanuel Reynaud
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Matthew Moore, Lucy Marinkovich
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Lucy Marinkovich, Matthew Moore, Emmanuel Reynaud
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Carmel McGlone
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Matthew Moore, Lucy Marinkovich, Emmanuel Reynaud, Carmel McGlone, Lucien Johnson,
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
Lobsters
Artists Pictured: Emmanuel Reynaud, Lucy Marinkovich, Matthew Moore
Supported by Creative New Zealand, Theatre Artists Charitable Trust, Wellington City Council, and Circa Theatre.
“It is a kind of rite of spring for lovers.” Theatreview
“[A] bawdy, sensual, glamorous, dirty, beautiful, and melancholic cabaret of ruminations on love, sex, and longing.” Theatreview
“An incredibly innovative and original piece of performance art”. The Dominion Post
Inspired by the works of the great surrealist painters, Lobsters is a story about love itself, and the way we must peel away our shells to find our authentic selves.
Lobsters fuses invigorating contemporary dance with the eccentric and humorous story of an anthropomorphised lobster who was once Salvador Dali's muse. She tells of her rise and fall, from celebrity artistic icon to washed-up cabaret signer, and observes with irony two young lovers (inspired by the famous painting of René Magritte) who struggle to connect their idealised image of love with reality.
CREATIVE TEAM
CONCEPT + CHOREOGRAPHY LUCY MARINKOVICH
CO-DIRECTION LUCY MARINKOVICH + MIRANDA MANASIADIS
DRAMATURGY MIRANDA MANASIADIS
MUSIC DIRECTOR + COMPOSER LUCIEN JOHNSON
LIGHTING DESIGNER + OPERATOR ZOE HIGGINS
WARDROBE SHELIA HORTON
TEXT LUCIEN JOHNSON + MIRANDA MANASIADIS
DESIGN LUCY MARINKOVICH
PERFORMERS + COLLABORATORS CARMEL MCGLONE, EMMANUEL REYNAUD, LUCIEN JOHNSON, LUCY MARINKOVICH, MATTHEW MOORE
PUBLICIST LEAH MACLEAN
STAGE MANAGER ZOE HIGGINS
GRAPHIC DESIGNER IAN HAMMOND
PHOTOGRAPHER PHILIP MERRY
CLASS INSTRUCTORS EMMANUEL REYNARD, RIA SIMMONS, DEIRDRE TARRANT
HOUSE MANAGER SUZANNE BLACKBURN
BOX OFFICE MANAGER ELEANOR STRATHERN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS + THANKS TACT, THEATRE ARTISTS CHARITABLE TRUST / CIRCA THEATRE / CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND AND STAFF / WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF / MALIA JOHNSTON, MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN / CHRIS MORLEY-HALL, KOKO CREATIVE / DEBBIE FISH, GOLDFISH CREATIVE / VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON / DANCE AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND / WHITIREIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE / HANNAH TASKER-POLAND / MARK SEMPLE / HOLLY NEWSMEN / SAM HALL / JAG POPHAM / MARCUS MCSHANE.