The Dream

“Larger than life props like tall poppies and a man dressed as a bureaucratic cream bun bring the oddity of dreams to life. The actors nail comedic timing in the absurdity of the dream world. Jaunas creates a satisfying balance of oddity and sorrow through this strange narrative. The captivating visuals from the projections have the potential to explore installation art akin to Yayoi Kusama’s infinity rooms.”  

​Artmurmurs NZ, The Dream, Reveiwer Lizzie Murray, 7/2/19 
 
The Dream is a one hour live multimedia production, first presented at Bats Theatre 5th to 9th February 2019, 7pm in the Hey Day Dome.  The aim of The Dream was to take the audience on a multi-sensory journey through a dream grappling with existence, grief and love.  

As the director and writer of this piece, I wanted specifically to explore the question of how our dreams relate to who we are and how much we can relate a dreamscape to the character of a person.  I believe our dream world explores our base emotive values as an integral part of how we process our existential meaning and I wanted to see if a shared experience of coming into someone else’s dream would be meaningful for an audience.

Cast
Rebecca Parker, Sepelini Mau’au, Loren Whithair and Sophia Elisabeth

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Director Shona Jaunas

Writer Shona Jaunas

Producer Shona Jaunas

Music composed by Lucien Johnson and Jimi Wilson 

Sound operator Jimi Wilson

Film Shona Jaunas and Joel Ascombe-Smith

Projection Sabina Mae 

Lighting Andy Ferguson, 

Lighting operator Michelle Cameron 

Set design Robin Christie

Costumes Luti Cruickshanks and Sebastien Jaunas​

Stage manager Natasha Thyne 

Assistant stage manager Susie Chilver

Actor Coach Debbie Mulholland