Juliet & Romeo
Lost Dog
About Juliet & Romeo
With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after. Well, they lived at least.
Now they’re 40ish, at least one of them is in the grips of a midlife crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.
Directed by award winning director/choreographer Ben Duke, Juliet & Romeo takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.
Pure pleasure. Smart, subversive and sexy”
The Guardian
Superb. Devastating realism and dark humour
The Stage
About Lost Dog
“We began with an idea and we continue to wrestle with it, to say what needs to be said and dance the rest.”
Lost Dog are an award-winning dance/theatre company based in rural East Sussex and led by director/choreographer Ben Duke. They aim to create and tour excellent shows widely and well-with consideration for the planet, care for their staff and performers and generosity towards audiences.
They treasure and celebrate the temporary community that is created when people share time, space and air in a theatre - whether that theatre is a village hall or a major metropolitan opera house.
Their works on stage defy categorisation. “This company...constantly walks a tightrope between opposites. They create dance, they create theatre; they use words, they use dance; they offer wisdom, they offer foolishness; they make you spring up in hope and they make you slump in despair. They are one of the most fascinating theatre companies around.’ (The Observer, Feb 2022)
But at their heart there is usually a familiar story or (often venerated) classic text which is retold, re-imagined or reinvented through words, music and movement. Ben Duke has a talent for finding the ordinary in the extraordinary, making great works entirely relatable to modern audiences, seeing tragedy and comedy in the everyday.
Their shows offer audiences an evening of genuine, laugh out loud entertainment while quietly (sometimes loudly) breaking their hearts.
Cast & Creatives
Conceived and Directed by Ben Duke
Devised by Ben Duke and Solène Weinachter
Performed by Emily Terndrup & John Kendall
Associate Director: Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh
Set & Costume Design: James Perkins
Production Manager: Dave Sherman
Executive Producer: Daisy Drury
Producer: Emma Evelyn
