The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes
Back to Back Theatre
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
Past event
- Price
- $27*
- Genre
- Theater
- Season
- Fall 2024
- DATE
- SEP 28
- IN-PERSON
- SAT, 8:30 PM
- STREAM
- SAT, 8:30 PM
- RUNTIME
- Approx. 60 minutes, no intermission
- COUNTRY
- Australia
- Program
- Download Program Notes (PDF)
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About
“When artificial intelligence takes over human intelligence, how will people be treated?”
Set in a public meeting, this bold theater work, crafted and performed by an ensemble of neurodivergent actors, weighs the balance of individual and collective responsibility in a democracy. As the actors engage in political debate and community conversation, their narrative considers human rights, sexual politics, and relationships with technology. Inspired by mistakes, misreadings, and misunderstanding, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is a funny and poignant theatrical revelation that asks how people come together to make decisions that are in the best interest of a civic society.
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is part of the performance program for All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, and curated by Katy Dammers and Edgar Miramontes.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is part of more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
Presented in English with surtitles.
Please note: The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes contains adult themes and coarse language.
An extraordinary play.
—
Jesse Green, The New York Times
about the artists
Back to Back Theatre
Based in the Victorian regional center of Geelong, Australia, Back to Back Theatre is widely recognized as the country’s theater company of national and international significance. The company is driven by an ensemble of actors who identify as having an intellectual disability or are neurodivergent and is considered one of Australia’s most important cultural exports. Over the last decade, Back to Back Theatre has presented 44 national and 82 international seasons of its work.
Since 1999, under the artistic directorship of Bruce Gladwin, the company has nurtured a unique voice with an emphasis on the ensemble’s commentaries on broad social and cultural dialogue. Created through a process of research, improvisation, and scripting, new work is realized across time via collaboration between the ensemble, artistic director, and guest artists. In addition to its professional practice, Back to Back collaborates intensively with communities around the world, with a focus on artistic excellence and elevated social inclusion for people with disabilities.
Back to Back Theatre has received 23 national and international awards, including the 2024 Venice Biennale Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre, the 2022 International Ibsen award, a Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work, an Edinburgh International Festival Herald Angel Critics Award, two Age Critics Awards, a New York Bessie, and the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Group Award for its long-standing contribution to the development of Australian theater. In 2015, Bruce Gladwin received the Australia Council for the Arts’ Inaugural Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre. The ensemble was awarded the “Best Ensemble” in the 2019 Green Room Awards.
cast & creative team
Authors: Mark Deans, Michael Chan, Bruce Gladwin, Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price, Sonia Teuben
Director: Bruce Gladwin
Performers: Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price
Composition: Luke Howard Trio – Daniel Farrugia, Luke Howard, Jonathon Zion
Sound Design: Lachlan Carrick
Lighting Design: Andrew Livingston, bluebottle
Screen Design: Rhian Hinkley, lowercase
Costume Design: Shio Otani
AI Voice Over: Belinda McClory
Script Consultant: Melissa Reeves
Creative Development: Mark Cuthbertson, Rhian Hinkley, Pippin Latham, Andrew Livingston, Victoria Marshall, Brian Tilley
Stage Manager: Alana Hoggart
Sound Engineer: Peter Monks
Company Manager: Erin Watson
Production Manager: Bao Ngouansavanh
Head of Artistic Planning: Tanya Bennett
Executive Producer: Tim Stitz
credits
Exhibition Curator: Daniela Lieja Quintanar
Performance Program Curators: Katy Dammers, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, and Edgar Miramontes
Assistant Curator: Talia Heiman
Technical Director: Adam Matthew
Exhibition Designer: Adalberto Charvel
Graphic Designer: Ella Gold
Publication: REDCAT/East of Borneo
Project Director: Joao Ribas
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes has been co-commissioned by Carriageworks, Theater der Welt, Düsseldorf 2020, the Keir Foundation, the Thyne Reid Foundation and The Anthony Costa Foundation, supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through Plus 1, with development support from the Geelong Arts Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Une Parkinson Foundation, The Public Theater (New York City) and ArtsEmerson (Boston).
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes was developed, in part, at the 2019 Sundance Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA.
