Lost:SHADES

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Press release
9/1/09

The Society of Paper Dogs present:

Lost:SHADES

LOST:
Shades, a small Pekinese dog.
Reward: $5. $2.

What have you lost today? Your wallet? Track of time? Your temper?

Utilising areas of Happy usually only frequented by the cleaners and couriers, LOST: Shades will prompt the audience to look for what they think has gone for ever. Whether they find or not is up to them.

Lost:SHADES is a new theatre piece that examines what it is to experience loss – whether it's something as life changing as being exiled from one's country or something as banal and everyday as misplacing your keys. We all know the feelings that accompany losing something – anger, despair, grief, frustration, and every now and then, a bit of relief of being divested of something you never really cared for anyway. If we were into cliché, we would call it a “rollercoaster ride of emotions.”

Combining puppetry, masks, physical theatre, live music, excerpts from the writings of Sally Rodwell and Alan Brunton, and the lowest of low-fi multimedia, LOST:Shades encapsulates the spirit of the Fringe by producing a theatrical experience quite unlike anything else you might find this year.

The Society of Paper Dogs was founded when two members of the acclaimed Red Mole off-shoot group Roadworks moved to Auckland from Wellington in 2007, and joined with local actors and musicians. They aim to continue and develop the style of work that Roadworks was known for – an expedition through poetry, drama and comedy.

"Eleven spice jars. One missing."

LOST:Shades
9pm, 15 – 17 February
Happy, cnr. Tory and Vivian Streets
Tickets: $15 (full)/$12 (concession)/$10 (Fringe Addict)
Door sales or bookings via societyofpaperdogs@gmail.com

More information, including video and audio content, on http://societyofpaperdogs.wordpress.com

ENDS

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