The Rest Of Our Lives by Jo Fong and George Orange

Jo Fong from How Shall We Begin Again returns to Peterborough, with collaborator and clown, George Orange, with a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games in this award-winning show for ages 12+.

Our Community Dance Day finale live show from 7:00pm - 8:30pm on Sunday 16 March.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a cabaret of life and near death. A joyful dose of dance, circus and games. Two middle-aged lives come together in an eclectic, spontaneous, predictable and random decline. Jo is an old dancer, George an old clown. They are international artists with 100 years of life experience between them, armed with a soundtrack of floor-fillers and a sprinkling of eco-friendly optimism. It’s the beginning of the end, but they’re still here.

Conceived before the pandemic, its exploration of the body and the chemistry of being together has found new resonance as we negotiate coming back together after so long. Sensational in all senses of the word, the audience are drawn in as Jo and George playfully shift the performance to a wider focus and ask the question - how are we all thinking about The Rest Of Our Lives?

Age Guidance: 12+. Contains middle-aged themes and strong language.

Duration: 80 minutes
Location: Key Theatre, Peterborough
This is an accessible event:
🧏 BSL
♿ Wheelchair Accessible venue
☮️ Relaxed performance

Contains audience interaction

TICKETS

£15.00 Early Bird (available until Monday 3 March)

£20.00 Standard tickets
£10.00 Child, Unwaged or disabled
£0.00 Support Worker

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Jo Fong lives in Wales and her creative work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Her artistic practice is an evolving, collaborative approach which puts ideas around belonging or forming community in the forefront. As a director, choreographer and performer recent presentations include An Invitation..., Belonging for Hull Year of Culture, Bridge for Xintiandi Festival Shanghai, and Ways of Being Together for Cardiff Dance Festival 2017 and CAN Festival, London 2020. Jo and artist Sonia Hughes’ live art performance Neither Here Nor There was most recently presented at Summerhall 2019, Vitlycke Contemporary Art Festival in Sweden and GIFT in Gateshead. During COVID, they have been leading on a number of digital and walking projects called What Will People Need? The Sun’s Come Out, Come Rain or Shine and To Tell You The Truth, for Dublin Theatre Festival. More... A Brief History of Difference with Das Clarks, Marathon of Intimacies with artist Anushiye Yarnell, Jo contributed to Luke Hereford’s Grandmother’s Closet which is also at Summerhall this year. Jo is a Creative Associate with the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

Visit Jo’s website here.

George Orange is a performance artist, circus performer, outdoor theatre maker, former mascot, ex drag performer, creator of Mary Bijou Cabaret, circus director, and physical theatre teacher. But most of all, and without a doubt, he is a clown. He continues touring his one man show, Man On The Moon, against all medical advice. Last summer he did 50 outdoor performances in England, Wales and Germany. A couple of years ago he followed his boyhood dream of achieving an academic something. George is now a master of directing circus, George Orange MA, he’s an achiever, he also achieved British Citizenship. Next dreams include leading a research circus lab and initiating a graduate circus performance company. George continues to lecture at Circomedia in Bristol.

Visit George’s website here.

WHERE

The Rest Of Our Lives will be performed at the Key Theatre in Peterborough.

Address:
Key Theatre
Embankment Rd
Peterborough
PE1 1EF

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Parking:
A public car park is available outside the Key Theatre - costs apply.

COMMUNITY DANCE DAY

The Rest Of Our Lives will be the finale of our Community Dance Day.

Community Dance Day is a day-long event at the Key Theatre in Peterborough that will bring together local and visiting artists, community groups, and dance enthusiasts to explore movement, culture, and self-expression. Its lineup of workshops, live performances, interactive sessions, and film screenings is designed to showcase the joy and power of dance and its ability to bring us together.

Community Dance Day is open to everyone and is an accessible event. Click the button to see the full schedule, workshop details and how to book…