The Lost Thing

Dancers, including a wheelchair user, in front of a projected yellow-green skyline of cranes and tower blocks
A performer seated at a bed-like set piece beneath projected silhouettes of animals across the wall
Dancers amid projected green jungle foliage with dappled light
Two dancers moving beside a desk in front of a dark panelled wall, with musicians at the side
Dancers and a wheelchair user on a floor lit with a pattern of bright shapes beneath projected vertical stripes
A performer in a chair in a pool of coloured light in front of a projected grid of lit tower-block windows
Three performers on a dark stage with a light-box wall and a projected building façade behind

The Lost Thing

Dance · Choreographed by Ben Wright

Video and projection design for Ben Wright’s stage adaptation of Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing at the Royal Opera House. Projected cityscapes, animal silhouettes and jungle foliage frame the dancers on an otherwise bare stage.

Director & choreographer
Ben Wright
Lighting
Zerlina Hughes
Video & projection design
Douglas O’Connell
Seen at
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House (December 2019)

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