by Lost Dog
Conceived, directed and performed by Ben Duke
Artistic Advisor: Raquel Meseguer
Light & Set Design: Jackie Shemesh
Producer: Emily Gorrod-Smith & Tessa Howell
Production Manager: David Sherman
Company Touring Assistant: Donatella Cabras
Music: Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra; J.S Bach – #3 in D BWV 1068 – Air; Handel – Zadok the Priest; Debussy – Suite Bergamasque L75 – Clair de Lune; Arvo Part – Pari Intervallo; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms; J.S Bach – Goldberg Variations Aria Da Capo; God Speed You! Black Emperor – Moya; Philip Glass – Six Etudes for Piano: 2; Janis Joplin – Summertime; Odetta – Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Co-commissioned by The Place and Battersea Arts Centre with further commissioning support from ICIA Bath University. Developed with support from The Point, Eastleigh and South East Dance. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Ben Duke is a Work Place artist at the Place, London.
Teatro Trianon Viviani
June 16, H 21.30
June 17, H 20.30
Running time: approx. 75 minutes, no intermission
Age recommendation: 14+
Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) is a play based on John Milton’s homonymous novel. The idea for the show was conceived by Ben Duke: it is a story told through words, music and dance.
In this one-man-show theatre, comedy and body movements are used to take viewers on a special journey through the history of world creation. A show that pinpoints the crucial moments starting from the origins of mankind, from a rebellious act by Lucifer, to Adam and Eve being kicked out of the garden of Eden. The show is fit for all audiences and for anyone who, in life, has ever given their all to something, only to see it stray from the original path and go wild.
