BODY DOUBLE

 We inherit our sex lives: from movies and books, from past lovers, from porn. And we learn: sex is mostly heterosexual. Women are desired. Men do the desiring and sex is over when he comes.

Shattering these ideas, Body Double blends memoir, erotic fiction, scientific research and the language of Hollywood to expose the invisible rules that shape our relationships. Dating and dancing and orgasms and desire are exploded and re-examined with playful precision. 

Body Double combines live performance and projection, offering a fearless new gaze on contemporary romance.

Creative team

• Created by Eleanor Bishop & Julia Croft with Karin McCracken

• Direction: Eleanor Bishop

• Performance: Julia Croft & Karin McCracken

• Media Design: Kevin Ramser

• Scenography: Lucy Pope

• Sound Design: Te Aihe Butler

• Lighting Design: Marcus McShane

• Associate Media Design: Owen McCarthy (Auckland season)

• Production Management: Vicki Cooksley of Entertainment Production Services

• Media & Scenography Assistance: Kasey Collins (Wellington season)

• Produced by Lydia Zanetti & Helen Sheehan of Zanetti Productions (Wellington season)

• Co-produced by Silo Theatre & Auckland Arts Festival (Auckland season)

• Production Photography: Tabitha Arthur (Wellington season) & Andrew Malmo (Auckland season)

Presentations

• BATS Theatre, STAB Commission 2017, November 9 - 25, 2017 (Wellington, New Zealand)
  Winner: The Jack Jeffs Charitable Trust Award for Production of the Year - Wellington Theatre Awards 2017

• Q Theatre Loft, Auckland Arts Festival & Silo Theatre, March 20 - 29, 2018 (Auckland, New Zealand)

Awards

• The Jack Jeffs Charitable Trust Production of the Year: Body Double

• The George Webby Most Promising Newcomer Award: Karin McCracken

• Lighting Designer of the Year: Marcus McShane (Wellington Theatre Awards 2017)