HUGH HUGHS V SHON DALE-JONES

HoiPolloi are currently in Sydney with their highly anticipated show, Story of A Rabbit, which is playing at the Opera House 29 November - 10 December. Our friend Elyssa Blake spoke to the company before they arrived.

HoiPolloi Artistic Director, Shon Dale-Jones is giving a Masterclass for professional actors at Carriageworks in mid December, more on that here.

Today we’ve been sent this excellent stream of consciousness from Shon, explaining who Hugh Hughes is, why making his shows is exciting, and how the company creates their work. He says,

“I wanted to throw myself off balance. I wanted the feeling that I was starting again. As part of that desire, to start again, I invented a character, an emerging artist called Hugh Hughes, who was a storyteller, a narrator.

And I tried to let the character make the work.

I kept wondering how Hugh would do things. I tried to let go of my theatre making mind and let this character hold the reins. And that was it…the excitement ignited. A whole new way of approaching the stage emerged.”

Read the full article here, it’s great.