"...a rare visitation of exceptional theatre" "...you'll be gutted you missed out" "Mindblowing, disturbing and enigmatic. A must see" "...theatre for all the senses. Outstanding" |
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I Sing the Body Electric is a Free Theatre production in collaboration with the University of Canterbury's innovative HITLab NZ (Human Interface Technology Laboratory). Based on the infamous Don Juan legend, I Sing the Body Electric is a live exploration of the seductive nature of technology in modern life. The performance uses the latest interactive technology to create sound through movement and colour.
The sterile and electrically charged set by designer Chris Reddington and intermedial designer Ryan Reynolds, situates the audience in the centre of a dark jungle of electrical cords. Revolving around the audience is the journey of two sailors who are seduced into and destroyed by a succession of aerial females, each embodying a different technology and each representing a different male fantasy. I Sing the Body Electric considers what seduction meant in the past and what it means now. Through experimentation and exploration in the theatre and the lab, Free Theatre explores how the parallel creation of technology and of women from male desire can become beautiful and seductive, but at the same time can turn repetitive and self-destructive. I Sing the Body Electric was preceded by a work-in-progress titled 'Passion, Pulse and Power', which took place in the same venue for an invited audience in November 2011. |
Reviews
A rare visitation of exceptional theatre
Lin Clark, Theatreview I Sing the Body Electric Erin Harrington, CANTA Eerie, ti-tech tale of seduction Georgina Stylianou, The Press I Sing the Body Electric Elizabeth O'Connor, Arts on Sunday, RadioNZ Articles
Trick for new players: issues and opportunities for theatre in digital age
Peter Griffin, Playmarket Annual Journal Publicity
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