Princess, an illusion shattering piece by Stuart Saint - Lost Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
FROM November 15 to November 19, 2016, revolutionary and critically acclaimed writer/director Stuart Saint is bringing Princess, a ground-breaking interdisciplinary piece, to LOST Theatre.
Because the once pristine and weak-willed princess can now be a kick-ass Ghostbuster or a magical Snow Queen, our world is moving away from the helpless damsel in distress expected to suffer and serve and await to be rescued.
In Princess, Saint creates a lavish spectacle of movement and expression, gig theatre that blends music, dance and video into a new story of good girls gone bad.
Stuart Saint is a director, composer, choreographer and writer best known for his innovate and radical adult pantos at the Leicester Square Theatre. He also directed Oscar Wilde story De Profundis and was a director on the award-winning comedy show Newsrevue.
With an uplifting, celebratory electro-pop soundtrack inspired by Soft Cell and Depeche Mode, Saint’s compositions are strongly defined by his pop music career – as is his choreography, with elements of Madonna and The Who alongside such classic influences as Matthew Bourne and Bob Fosse.
All of these elements combine in Saint’s work to create, in Princess, a unique brand of gig theatre, bringing adult themes, dancers and performers that break the traditional mould of today’s global monoculture, to entertain through energetically crafted dance, original song and resurrected video.
The cast includes Jennie Dickie (London Olympics Opening Ceremony, London and European tours of Physical/Still by Gary Lambert); Morgan Scott (Let’s Dance Again, Royal Festival Hall, Loserville, Union Theatre); Joanne Pollitt-Evans (Triwizard Rally Show, Universal Studios Hollywood, San Pedro Festival of the Arts with MKM Dance Co.); Helen Scott (runs The Hustle; The Sun’s Facebook Live host); Naomi Peaston (Artism Act 2 with Exzeb Dance Company, Murder by Magic, ITV, The Nutcracker, New English Contemporary Ballet Company); Carrie-Louise Knight (Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, West End); Travis Sumner (Intoto Dance Company); and Onyemachi Ejimofor (The Lion King, UK Tour, International Dance Festival, Birmingham).
Princess has sound by Simon Kitts and Sam Dyson, lighting by Peter Ayres, set design by Mary Clohisey and photography by Marc Abe.
Princess is suitable for ages 16+.
Tickets: £15, £12.50 concessions – available from the box office on 020 7720 6897 or from Ticketsource.
Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Friday late night showing at 9pm, Saturday matinee at 4pm.