Jekyll and Hyde

Comedy. Thrills. Chaos. Delight.
A Slightly Isolated Dog Production.
Directed by Leo Gene Peters.

and featuring Susie Berry, Jack Buchanan, Andrew Paterson, Jonathan Price and Comfrey Saunders.
Meet the most delightfully evil man alive: Mr Hyde. A man so evil he punches the cleaning lady, drop-kicks a precious puffin and yells 'shark' at the beach.

Jekyll and Hyde by performance company A Slightly Isolated Dog, created in 2016, is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic tale and retells it in a contemporary, absurd, and irreverent way. The show takes the thrill and horror in everyday lives and blows it up into epic proportions, blending contemporary experiences with a distinctly Victorian morality tale. Audience interaction is pivotal to the structure of the show and Jekyll and Hyde is designed to feel spontaneous and alive: the actors seem to make it up on the spot, responding to audience interaction, though the show contains a highly structured artistic backbone that ensures a complete experience every night.

The intention is to challenge the notion of passive theatre by placing the excitement of live action in and around the audience, and making them part of the story. Using a cabaret structure, short acts follow each other rapidly, and audience members are enlisted to participate in numerous, easy ways. With coaching, the actors play different characters in the show, and help to create the locations.

Jekyll and Hyde toured extensively in New Zealand in 2018 and was greeted with enthusiasm by secondary school students and teachers. Most recently it received excellent reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

'... a high-octane, overly-charged show that defies many conventions of theatre' - Dominion Post

'joyful, positive, sexy, hilarious and clever.  I could stay for hours.' - Pantograph Punch

This production includes multiple performance forms – clown, character, melodrama, transformation of place, stand-up comedy, improvisation, music, direct address storytelling and guided audience participation.

Advice to schools: Occasional coarse language. Suitable for Secondary School students age 14+.