grown men keep breaking my heart

Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell

Video Designer and Programmer

January 2023

Dancers and Choreographers: Joey Barton and Kennedy Junior Muntanga

Lighting Designer: Ryan Stafford and Zoé Ritchie

Sound Designer: Bella Barton

Composer: Kennedy Junior Muntanga

Presented by Double Arc Dance

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Grown Men Keep Breaking My Heart is a short dance theatre piece that tells the story of two best friends who, after losing contact with one another as teenagers, choose to rekindle their relationship over an evening of partying and drinking. This meetup leads to an eventful evening of revisiting pivotal moments in their lives that shaped them into who they are, and within that shaped the actions and thoughts towards one another and the world.

The piece explores themes of youth, relationships, mental health, and social politics. It comments on the current climate young men grow up in without real leadership, and offers another perspective that is both meaningful and intimate, as well as a much needed platform for young men to access in order to heal, learn and progress.

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- Extract from The Blue Elephant Theatre website - https://www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk/grown-men-keep-breaking-my-heart

The content in this piece was made using stock images and videos composited in Adobe After Effects. The programming was done in Resolume.