The Rest of Our Lives
Jo Fong, George Orange (United Kingdom)Venue in Daugavpils (230km from Riga)!
Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games. A cabaret of life and near death. Two middle-aged lives in an eclectic, spontaneous, predictable and random decline.
Jo is an old dancer, George an old clown. International artists with 100 years of life experience between them, armed with a soundtrack of floor-fillers, a book of raffle tickets and a sprinkling of eco-friendly optimism. Joyful, celebratory and hilarious.
The struggle is real. It’s the beginning of the end. But we’re still here.
Tickets on sale from August.
About 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 Creative Associate with Wales Millennium Centre she staged How Shall We Begin Again? – three large-scale performances involving 135 paid performers in London, Cardiff and Peterborough. Jo works with artist Sonia Hughes on live art performances including Neither Here Nor There, What Will People Need? A.o. Jo’s Ways of Being Together is an artist-led community creating space & time to reconnect, repair, replenish & explore performance making & co-creation.
George Orange is an artist, circus director, performer, facilitator & creative leader. He is a master of circus, clown, political street theatre & physical theatre. Growing up in the states he fled to Mexico & Europe to train. In 2009, George created his solo outdoor slack rope performance Man On The Moon. He’s toured to countless festivals, 100s of performances, in the UK & internationally. George founded Mary Bijou Cabaret in 2010 with circus legend Anna Sandreuter, creating performances for Machynlleth Comedy Festival, Blysh Festival, Cardiff Pride, “adorable” Christmas shows & presenting HITCH in the UK & Edinburgh Festival.
Credits
Created and performed by: Jo Fong and George Orange
Lighting Design: Adam Cobly
Sound Design: Jo Fong and George Orange
Touring Producer: Jo Mackie
Supported by: Rural Touring Dance Initiative, Fieldwork, The Place Theatre, China Plate, House SE Theatre Network, Groundwork Pro, Ty Dawns/Dance House Cardiff, Wales Arts International, British Council Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, Chapter, Caravan Assembly / Farnham Maltings and Arts Council of Wales.