About the production

I was made for loving you baby, you were made for loving me…

Artistic Director Shaun Parker takes to the stage to perform the role of Glenn Flune, alongside the hysterical and dynamic Jo Stone as Rhonda Flune.

A delightful infusion of intense physical theatre, comedy and dance, BLUE LOVE offers a poetic and satirical take on the clichés of pop culture, romance, coupledom and suburbia. From a fantastic place where TV soap meets art-house film, Glenn and Rhonda draw on popular works of art across theatre, music and film, parodying the lip-service given to love and its incarnations. BLUE LOVE is quirky, character-based theatre complete with a fat dose of funny!

“So much fun it can’t possibly be good for you!” Sydney Morning Herald

Creative Team

Director/Writer/Designer/Choreographer: Shaun Parker
Original Direction: Shaun Parker & Jo Stone
Dramaturg: Kate Champion
Performed by: Shaun Parker, Lucia Mastrantone, Veronica Neave, Jo Stone

Photo: Simon Wachter

DURATION

55 minutes

BLUE LOVE is touring in regional NSW during October 2019 with support of the NSW Government through Create NSW. See here for dates.

Critical Reviews

Shaun Parker’s “dance” hit is so cutting edge it actually wanders off the edge of any single-word definition. It’s a tight package of snappy acting, super-smooth relevant dance, superb singing and a fat dose of funny. Parker calls it “multi media physical theatre”. This reviewer will settle for a single word label after all: “brilliant”. A funny, inspiring, heart-wrenching journey that turns an hour into a long exciting moment. Parker is a genius”.

Daily Telegraph

This is a performance that splashes the trials and triumphs of true love all over the stage … these are two very accomplished performers. Neave delivers her dialogue with wit and a great sense of timing. The subject matter trawls across Renaissance love songs, beautifully sung by Parker in his superb countertenor voice.

The Age

It is in the telling of their (Glenn and Rhonda’s) story that this production is so unique. It is full of fun and surprises, wit and colour, and most intriguing of all it shows that the difference between the absurd and the poignant can be just a movement away … Blue Love both celebrates and mocks popular culture and with the telling of the ups and downs of love and romance within this context, clichés are inevitable. Rather than attempting to avoid them, Parker has used these to great effect.

Australian Stage Online

BLUE LOVE is so much fun it can’t possibly be good for you. Shaun Parker and Veronica Neave apply their well-honed dance skills to a movement-based parody of an upwardly mobile young couple who trip over their pretensions and their relationship with hilarious unpredictability.

Sydney Morning Herald

‘It’s dance, it’s film, it’s satire, it’s absurdist – a zephyr of cool cleverness…Shaun Parker is a creative force to be reckoned with.’

The Advertiser

‘An evening of amusement and also overwhelming poetic moments…Everything maintains an absurd, wonderful and amusing swing”

Berliner Zeitung

PREVIOUS TOURS

7.30pm, Sat 26 October 2019 Manning Entertainment Centre, Taree, NSW

7.30pm, Wed 23 October 2019 Griffith, NSW Australia, Griffith Regional Theatre

8pm, Fri 20 October - Sat 21 October 2017 The Civic Theatre, Newcastle NSW

8pm, Fri 13 October 2017 Colac Otway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre, VIC

7pm, Sat 07 October 2017 Swan Hill Town Hall, VIC

7.30pm, Wed 27 September - Sat 30 September 2017 The Arts Centre, Gold Coast QLD

7.30pm, Thu 14 September - Fri 15 September 2017 Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns QLD

8pm, Fri 08 September 2017 World Theatre, Charters Towers QLD

8pm, Fri 01 September 2017 Byron Theatre and Community Centre, VIC

8pm, Wed 23 August 2017 Seymour Centre, Sydney

7.30pm, Sat 19 August 2017 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith NSW

8pm, Wed 16 August - Thu 17 August 2017 Canberra Theatre Centre, ACT

Wed 19 July - Sat 22 July 2017 Merrigong Theatre Company, Wollongong NSW

8:30pm, Fri 03 July - Sat 04 July 2015 Colours International Dance Festival Stuttgart, Germany

2pm, Sun 17 May 2015 The Glasshouse Port Macquarie, NSW

8pm, Thu 14 May 2015 Byron Bay Theatre Byron Bay, NSW

8pm, Sat 09 May 2015 Dubbo Regional Theatre Dubbo, NSW

2pm & 8pm, Sat 02 May 2015 Jetty Theatre Coffs Harbour, NSW