‘THERE IS STUFF INSIDE US.
WILD STUFF INSIDE US.’
A young girl is watching the moon landings on repeat, entranced by those astronaut’s weightlessness
A bunch of teenagers are swimming under a lunar eclipse, lost in what might happen next
A mis-matched couple are watching a horror film at a drive in cinema, about to break apart
SELENE is a radical exploding of an ancient myth.
It’s about how we grow up living defined by our bodies, and about what happens when that changes.
It’s a story, a score, and a description of a film.
It’s a story about what we’re stuck in the orbit of.
It’s a story about the light sides of us and the dark sides of us.
And it’s about the stuff inside us. All the wild stuff inside of us.
A new sibling show to the hugely acclaimed HELIOS which toured to The Meteor in 2024, the UK’s “masters of storytelling” (ThreeWeeks) Wright&Grainger return to Aotearoa with SELENE – an intimate theatre experience with cinematic score and striking storytelling.
Written and created by Alexander Wright & Phil Clive Grainger. Made with and told by Megan Drury.
Presented by Wright&Grainger with Theatre@41 Monkgate. NZ tour produced by A Mulled Whine Productions.
“This company truly are the best at storytelling” ★★★★★ – ThreeWeeks
“Wright&Grainger have a beautiful gift for taking Ancient Greek stories and hauling them into the 21st century, translating the touching and keeping the human truth intact.” ★★★★ – The Wee Review
“Holds us in a space of emotional tension between the domestic and the epic, the quotidian and the cosmic … deeply affecting, funny, and heartbreaking” – Flat City Field Notes review for HELIOS
Running time: 70 mins
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