DRIVEN BY DIRECTOR–CHOREOGRAPHER LUCY MARINKOVICH, OH DEAR IS A WILD, SENSUAL COLLISION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, POETRY, AND MUSIC. INSPIRED BY WELLINGTON GROUP POET PETER BLAND, IT EXPLORES THE BEAUTY AND SAVAGERY OF LIVING CLOSELY WITH ANOTHER AND ASKING THEM TO LOVE YOU.
INTIMATE YET UNIVERSAL, CARNAL BUT TENDER, OH DEAR TRACES THE QUIET UTOPIAS COUPLES BUILD AMID DESIRE AND FRUSTRATION. EVERYDAY JOYS AND TENSIONS UNFOLD AGAINST THE SWEEPING, ELEMENTAL BACKDROP OF THE WILD KĀPITI COAST.
LIKE A LIVING PHOTO ALBUM, THE WORK CAPTURES ROMANCE, PASSION, AND UNPREDICTABILITY — LOVERS CAUGHT IN STORMS OF EMOTION, FINDING REFUGE IN EACH OTHER’S ARMS IN A TENDER, INTOXICATING MEDITATION ON INTIMACY.
OH DEAR — CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Director
Lucy Marinkovich
Choreography
Lucy Marinkovich
with Oli Mathiesen & Sharvon Mortimer
Performance
Oli Mathiesen & Sharvon Mortimer
Original Music
Lucien Johnson
Set Design
Lucy Marinkovich & Sam Trubridge
Lighting Design
Marcus McShane
Costume Design
Lucy Marinkovich
Workshop Dancers
Oliver Carruthers, Luke Hannah, Georgia Beechey, Emmanuel Reynaud, Hannah Tasker-Poland, Holly Finch, Lyndon Foley & Sofia Milic.