Lost Dog
Lost Dog are an award-winning dance theatre company headed by Artistic Director Ben Duke. Their critically acclaimed work, Juliet & Romeo which continue to tour in 2019/2020 following the successful tour of the work across 2017 & 2018. The work is broadly based on Shakespeare’s deeply pessimistic love story and explores whether our culture’s celebration of youth creates unrealistic expectations around love, sex and relationships.
It is a duet performed by two dancers, by Juliet and Romeo, a humorous and heartfelt investigation into love, loss and longevity.
Lost Dog’s previous work, Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) based on Milton’s epic poem, premiered at Battersea Arts Centre in May 2015 as part of A Nation’s Theatre and went on to run at Summerhall as part the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the whole of August 2015 where it received high critical acclaim and was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award in the Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form category. In 2023 Ben Duke & Lost Dog received a National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreographer for “Ruination” & Best Mid-scale Company.
It is a duet performed by two dancers, by Juliet and Romeo, a humorous and heartfelt investigation into love, loss and longevity.
Lost Dog’s previous work, Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) based on Milton’s epic poem, premiered at Battersea Arts Centre in May 2015 as part of A Nation’s Theatre and went on to run at Summerhall as part the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the whole of August 2015 where it received high critical acclaim and was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award in the Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form category. In 2023 Ben Duke & Lost Dog received a National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreographer for “Ruination” & Best Mid-scale Company.
