Juliet & Romeo
May 9, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
This Lost Dog show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding; they grew up and lived happily ever after.
Well, they lived.
Now in their 40s and struggling with a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They decide to confront their current struggles by staging a performance about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.
With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre, and comedy, this duet directed by Olivier Award nominated Ben Duke takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.
Comic awkwardness tipping into vulnerable emotion is a hallmark of Ben Duke’s work.
The Independent
Ben is Artistic Director and co-founder of Lost Dog. He trained at Guildford School of Acting, the London Contemporary Dance School and has a first-class degree in English Literature from Newcastle University. His work is an attempt to reconcile those three subjects.
In 1997 Ben saw Alain Platel’s show Bernadetje at the Newcastle Playhouse and has since been trying to recreate the feeling of confusion and joy he had while watching that piece in his own artistic practice. Most of his artistic output has been within Lost Dog.
