Jekyll & Hyde Brings Darkness and Desire to Circa

Jekyll & Hyde Brings Darkness and Desire to Circa

Award-winning production company A Slightly Isolated Dog are back with the highly anticipated follow up to last year’s smash hit Don Juan, with an innovative reimagining of Stevenson’s classic tale, Jekyll & Hyde.

Directed by Leo Gene Peters, Jekyll and Hyde gives audiences an immersive experience, without becoming the kind of participatory theatre that makes us cringe.

“We’re creating a place where we can come and play together. Where we can celebrate each other and our darkness and our attempts to live as boldly as possible,” says Peters.
The show follows five ‘French clowns’ as they seduce the audience with wine, flirt their way through the general arc of the narrative and skillfully weave the performance together. The audience is crucial in telling the story, there are no expectations, no wrong answers and participation is celebrated. Audience members can simply watch if they want – but most choose to play in some easy and enjoyable way.

Set to follow in the footsteps of the “highly sophisticated” and “incredibly entertaining” Don Juan, which was nominated for Wellington Theatre Award’s Most Original Production 2015, this is one party not to miss.

While this reinterpretation doesn’t promise to religiously follow the original Jekyll & Hyde text, it does promise to provide an excellent night out, celebrating our darker side: our rage, boldness and desire.

STARRING: Andrew Paterson, Susie Berry, Jonathan Price, Jack Buchanan and Hayley Sproull.

Jekyll & Hyde shows at Circa Theatre, 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington from 19 March to 16 April 2016 (preview 18 March).
Performance times: Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm, Sunday 4.30pm
Tickets: $25 - 35 from www.circa.co.nz or by calling 04 801 7992

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