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Production still for "Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster". Nicola Gunn. Photographer: Gregory Lorenzutti
Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster
By Nicola Gunn
15 March 2017 – 26 March 2017 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Dance Massive, Performing Lines Ltd,
Dance Physical Theatre Co-Production
Walking along the river in a foreign country you see a man throwing stones at a nesting duck. You ask him to stop. He tells you to mind your own business. What do you do?
Presented as a part of Dance Massive, Piece For Person and Ghetto Blaster explores the ethical dilemma of whether to intervene or not, dancing in and out of a tangle of imagined repercussions for how one can potentially become a better person.
Nicola Gunn was last seen on our stage in the furious political satire A Social Service, and she returns with her signature wit, teaming up with choreographer Jo Lloyd, to create a work that is part dance, part theatre, and entirely hypnotic. This is Nicola Gunn at her best: profoundly funny and brilliantly self-scathing.
★★★★
"TANTALISING, ENTERTAINING, RIDICULOUS AND OFTEN BEWILDERING IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY"
— Herald Sun
"COMIC GENIUS…GUNN’S TEXT IS INTRICATE AND OFTEN BRILLIANT, FULL OF UNPREDICTABLE DIGRESSIONS AND CURIOUS FACTOIDS. IT’S THE VERBAL EQUIVALENT OF SKIMMING STONES OVER WATER"
— The Age
Cast
Creatives
![Jo Lloyd](/media/rb4ftl1p/lloyd-jo.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239896870000)
Choreographer
![Shio Otani](/media/sgvb41uy/otani-shio.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241270770000)
Costume Designer
![Niklas Pajanti](/media/j0phtf04/pajanti-niklas.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241350070000)
Lighting Designer
![Kelly Ryall](/media/30ypvapi/ryall-kelly.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242173030000)
Sound Designer, Composer
![Martyn Coutts](/media/mgegychs/coutts-martyn.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236235770000)
Video Designer, Dramaturg
![Jonathan Haynes](/media/0s2jlzoq/haynes-john.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238622000000)
Dramaturg
![Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist](/media/x54boj1t/holmberg-gilchrist-gwen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238836430000)
Production Manager, Lighting Operator
Acknowledgements
A co-production with Performing Lines. Presented in association with Dance Massive.