All I See
All I See
When one gets rowdy with a cup of tea at 6pm, and the other is confident she has almost watched the whole of Netflix, describing their ideal best friend would not eventuate to each other. Yet, this friendship is the one solid thing they both can count on.
Despite an age difference stretching over thirty years, the two find companionship in the most unlikely of places – the graves of their meant-to-be life partners.
Naia is muddling through life, trapped in a perpetual autumn. Leaves fall, memories ricochet and her thoughts always find themselves landing on what-ifs. John has closed shop; he lives only for the day he can be reunited with his Suzie.
The two bond over planning their ideal, most out the gate, funeral. Dark, slightly twisted, but a reality they both know all too well. Whilst they both ruminate mortality, they teach each other how to live.
This exciting piece of dance theatre combines contemporary dance with bold physical storytelling throughout.
Creative Team
Cian Parker
Co-creator, writer, performer
Cian Parker (Ngāpuhi) is an award-winning performer and writer. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2018, she has gained professional experience in theatre, while also touring her own original work. Her multiple awards include the Ngā Manu Pīrere award at the Creative New Zealand 2019 Te Waka Toi Awards. In 2020, she was awarded ‘Most Promising Emerging Artist’ at the New Zealand Fringe Awards. She is also one of The Arts Foundation’s 2021 Springboard Award recipients. And at the 2021 Wellington Theatre awards she received the ‘New Playwright Award’ for her work ‘Sorry For Your Loss’. Most recently she was an actor and co-deviser in the Equal Voices Arts show ‘Where Our Shadows Meet’, as well as working alongside choreographer Eddie Elliott as a co-writer and dramaturg for the dance theatre piece show ‘Waiwhakaata: Reflections in the Water’.
Laura Haughey
Co-creator, dramaturg, director
Laura has developed extensive creative partnerships with Cian Parker, Andy Duggan and Mihailo Ladevac, working on several pieces together over the past few years, and is excited to be working for the first time with Eddie Elliot on this piece. Laura continues to bring her highly physical approach to the storytelling of this piece of original, devised dance theatre.
Laura is an award winning theatre maker and dramaturg and loves working closely in collaboration with this exciting creative team.
Mihailo Ladevac
Actor, co-creator, script development
Mihailo is a multi-award-winning actor. He has been involved in professional theatre since 1997, and has been a full-time member of the National Theatre in Belgrade since 2001. He has performed with the National Theatre and as a guest actor in many other theatres across Europe, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including Dramaten Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden; Maly Theatre and Taganka Theatre in Moscow, and Alexandrinsky Theatre Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Mihailo has been involved in more than 50 classical and contemporary theatre productions. His performance work comprises of plays by classical authors including Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Gogol, Molière, Chekhov, and contemporary authors such as Sarah Kane, Marina Carr, Nina Valse, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Tony Kushner, Sergei Kokovkin and many others. Mihailo has been a core member of Equal Voices Arts (Aotearoa New Zealand) since 2016, and is a long term collaborator/co-creator with Laura Haughey.
Eddie Elliot
Dancer, Choreographer
Eddie Elliott is a decendent of Tainui from Aotearoa. He is a dancer and choreographer whose career has led him all around the world. Eddie has danced with leading arts companies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada including Atamira, Black Grace, Okareka, Douglas Wright, New Zealand Dance Company and Red Sky.
Eddie has choreographed works in Ontario-Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, Rarotonga and Macau. Eddie has choreographed two works for Unitec ‘s graduation season - Kei konei au (2013) and Intuition (2018). His work Intuition then went on to tour Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada.
Eddie recently directed and choreographed his first full length world premiere; ‘Waiwhakaata-Reflections in the water’, co-produced by Auckland Arts festival 2022.
His latest work ‘Uku-Behind the canvas’ premiered on June 3rd 2022, as part of the New Zealand Dance Company’s double bill show 'Nightlight'.
Andy Duggan - Music
Andy is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He produces music for a wide range of media and has written and performed for many live theatre and dance shows. His music has been featured on several TV and Radio shows. He wrote the theme tune and sonic branding for the hit TV show The Gadget Show and has written for two films including the award winning feature Lad: A Yorkshire Story.
Andy played guitar and keyboards with the Pigeon Detectives for 3 years and has toured with many bands and played at major venues including Manchester Evening News Arena and Hammersmith Apollo. He has played the Main stage at Reading and Leeds and several other major festivals.
As musical director Andy has composed and performed for Equal Voices Arts, CPG Creative, Full Body and The Voice & Chol Theatre, and has composed for final year theatre productions for many university theatre and drama courses, including Edge Hill University, Leeds University and The University of Waikato in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Andy composed and performed for the award winning Equal Voices Arts tour of At The End Of My Hands in Aotearoa New Zealand, for the European and national Aotearoa New Zealand tour of ‘Salonica’, and the multi-award winning production of Cian Parker’s solo debut piece ‘Sorry For Your Loss, which has toured extensively in Aotearoa New Zealand.
