Juliet & Roméo _ Ben Duke

Let's imagine the two Shakespearean heroes, now in their forties in a life very close to our own…

Juliet and Romeo? If Ben Duke reverses the first names of humanity's most iconic couple, it's because his dance-theatre doesn't intend to tell you a story you already know. His very British humour leads him into the life of an ordinary couple going through a mid-life crisis.

Because here, Juliet and Romeo have survived. Their world is ours, their story resembles ours, their passion has been lost along the way. But their spiritual father still being Shakespeare, they measure themselves daily against his words and all the ballets created in their name.

But in the present, their reality is couples therapy. It's sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and dance is there to sublimate it all. Thomas Hahn