Co Theatre Physical present an hilarious and sexy evening of top shelf physical theatre. OOH BABY BABY! plays at Auckland’s Concert Chamber from the 20^th to the 30^th of August.

OOH BABY BABY! draws from the styles of French circus cabaret, grand scale slapstick theatre, dance and the madness of life!  It tells the story of love, relationships, parenthood and all the other BIG issues that are commonplace on the set of the classic medical TV drama …... Think ER on acid!

A blend of comedy, aerial work, acrobatic theatre and original design, OOH BABY BABY! is an hilarious theatrical excursion based around the doctors who run a fertility clinic.  Encounters with patients who are pathologically afraid to give birth, are struck by womb envy, been sprung by their biological clock or are obsessed with the world’s falling sperm count, make for a funny, poignant, sexy saga of new life.   

OOH BABY BABY! is a contemporary theatrical experience.   From a simpler time when Dads went to work and Mums stayed at home and had babies, OOH BABY BABY! explores the dilemmas of the modern family unit.   How we are still torn between these two worlds.  Throw into the mix, on-line dating, Mum remaining in the work force and the secrecy and pain of couples struggling with their fertility in our modern polluted world.  OOH BABY BABY!  explores the freedom and heartbreak of the disposable relationship and the evolution of commitment as a ‘phobia'.  This is brave new theatre, that will make us laugh, cry and maybe even go home and make a baby.  

After successful seasons with Blackbird, Shrew’d and 500 Letters, renowned Auckland director Margaret-Mary Hollins helms this new piece as the likes of Debbie Newby (Outrageous Fortunes), Mike Edward (The Thirty-Nine Steps – ATC), Eve Gordon (Burlesque As You Like It – The Dust Palace) and Jeremy Birchall are lead by veteran physical theatre practitioner Beth Kayes (A House Across Oceans – Co Physical Theatre).

A blend of comedy, aerial work, acrobatic theatre and innovative design by international designer Joey Ruigrok Van Der Werven, OOH BABY BABY! is a bizarre circus theatre, a concoction of great emotion, heightened physicality and hilarity.  OOH BABY BABY!  will increase your sperm count. 

“…the physical theatre aspects [were] not just wonderfully executed but cleverly integrated into the work; I LOVED the humour… and the sadness.”

                                                                - Roger King, Taranaki Festival Director (January 2009)

E.R ON ACID! 

Co Theatre Physical in association with STAMP, THE EDGE®, Creative NZ and Arts Alive presents:

OOH BABY BABY! 

Directed by Margaret-Mary Hollins