The Operation of the Sun is a shadowy and poetic dance theatre show with puppets and live music, in which Ake Ake employ their famous mesmeric style inviting the spectator to tumble into an experience that rests in the logic of dreams.

See The Operation of the Sun at the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2006 beginning Sept 22nd. Check out www.dunedinfringe.org.nzThe Operation of the Sun is a shadowy and poetic dance theatre show with puppets and live music, in which Ake Ake employ their famous mesmeric style inviting the spectator to tumble into an experience that rests in the logic of dreams.

See The Operation of the Sun at the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2006 beginning Sept 22nd. Check out www.dunedinfringe.org.nz"The Operation of the Sun" is an alchemical term evoking the process by which a seeker can create alchemical gold or the philosopher's stone from base materials.
In this mesmeric dance theatre production, the spirit of a 19th century Music Hall MC (Marmaduke Causeway) attempts to ease our journey into the dream-like realm of possible answers. Our journey takes us from laboratories into mazes, libraries, gardens and finally into the void itself. (Will we ever return?)

Liberal showers of hope and humour brighten the way as an ecstatic wind carries a scattering of Sufi poetry across our path.

The Operation of the Sun is performed by Jessica Sutherland (Masters in Theatre Arts Toi Whakaari/Victoria University) and Rhys Latton (Best Solo Performer 2004), with electronic composition by Leyton (2004 Chapman-Tripp nominee), live music by Rosie Langabeer (Zirkus) and Kate Telford, puppets by Rebekah Wild (Wild Theatre) are animated by Pipi Evans.
Ake Ake bring this re-worked, full-length version of The Operation of the Sun to Dunedin, with the help of the Creative Communities Dunedin Fund.

Please contact Rhys Latton: akeake@actrix.co.nz or 027 363 1756.

What: "The Operation of the Sun"
Dance theatre performance with live music and puppetry at the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2006.
Who: Ake Ake Theatre Company.
Where: Playhouse Theatre, Dunedin.
When: 3 - 7 October 8:30pm
Bookings: Fortune 03 4778323

A theatre journey of shadows and dance that follows the occult descent of a Victorian magician -