THE LONELY WOLF
By Gary Abrahams
Based on the novel Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
Harry Haller has two natures; a human and a wolfish one. Each exists solely to harm the other. The wolf is hungry. The wolf is insatiable. The wolf won’t be tamed. The man cannot win.
Then Harry meets the enigmatic Hermine and is given a task. Obey her at all costs and lighten the hell up. After all, we’ve had over a hundred years of psychotherapy and people are just getting worse. Why fight for sanity in a sick and dying world?
Set in a place of nightmares and daydreams, of Goethe and Jung, of karaoke and dance-clubs, The Lonely Wolf presents Harry’s absurd battle with the suicidal monster within.
Inspired by Hermann Hesse’s novel Steppenwolf and the writings of American philosopher and psychoanalyst James Hillman, The Lonely Wolf (or an incomplete guide for the unadvanced soul) is an irreverent dance-theatre production that chews up Hesse’s surrealist story and spits out an anarchic work about madness and love.
Featuring Georgia Bettens, Christopher Brown, Sarah Bruce, Simon Corfield, Emily Goddard, Luisa Hastings Edge, Ellya Sam, Matt Whitty
Directed by: Gary Abrahams
Set Designer: Jacob Battista
Costume Designer:Chloe Greaves
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis
Composer: Daniel Nixon
Production Manager: Hayley Toth S
tage Manager: Jennifer Speirs
Assistant Stage Manager: Joey Burford
Producer: Corey Reynolds
Produced by Dirty Pretty Theatre for NEON Festival
As with any magic show though, it’s all about the reveal and Harry’s final descent into uninhibited madness was a pleasure to behold, particularly the trio of dancers, who shone throughout. It ends both exactly and not at all how you’d expect. - Arts Hub
An irreverent and anarchic dance-theatre production. Visionary. - Arts Review
