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Lifeworld (in five parts)

2016

Lifeworld (in five parts) by Claire O’Neil celebrates the different ways we move through the world and our potential to choose the way we see it. The lifeworld is our shared ground, and this performance focuses on our inability to separate from the world; from structure, things, and the perceptions and appreciations of others. Whether Lifeworld (in five parts) feels close to home, vaguely familiar or almost alien depends on where you’ve been.


“But it means something... doesn’t it? You mean something... don’t you? Do ya know what you mean…? I wanna know what you mean… what do you mean, you don’t know what I mean???!!” - The Narrator

Lifeworld (in five parts) elevates the everyday in a grand theatre of objects, where movement, humour and social commentary collide.

Creative Team

Choreographer:
Claire O’Neil

Composer:
Original composition by Eden Mulholland plus
Catalina 1943 by Loscil
Hitta Hem by Erik Levander
Milk and Honey by Klimek
When I Was Done Dying by Dan Deacon
Sun(Rise) by Klimek
Xerrox Spark by Alva Noto
Omgeving by Jason Wright
No Bold Villain by Timber Timbre
5 Melodies Populaires Grecques by Ravel

Lighting Design:
Natasha James

Dancers:
Jeremy Beck, Brydie Colquhoun, Emma Dellabarca, Joshua Faleatua, Jared Hemopo, Lana Phillips

Production Assistant:
Brynne Tasker-Poland

Touring Information

Opera House, Wellington 19 October 2016

Globe Theatre, Palmerston North 21 October 2016

War Memorial Theatre, Gisborne 25 October 2016

4th Wall, New Plymouth 28 October 2016

Q Theatre, Auckland 4 November 2016