Key information
Friday 18 October
Corn Exchange
7.30pm, doors 7pm
£16/£14 Members and concessions
Seated
A one man staging of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost and not like whatever came into your
head when you read the first bit of that sentence. Combining theatre, comedy and movement
this is a journey through the story of the creation of everything, condensed into 75 minutes.
It is a show which brings you the highlights of this well-known, but often forgotten story,
beginning with Lucifer’s rebellion and ending with Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden
of Eden. A single man plays all the characters, creates all the scenes and, despite his best
efforts, falls a little short of perfection. A show for anyone who has created anything (child,
garden, paper aeroplane) and then watched it spiral out of control!
Age Guidance 13+
ABOUT LOST DOG
“We began with an idea and we continue to wrestle with it, to say what needs to be said and
dance the rest.”
Lost Dog is an award-winning dance/theatre company based in rural East Sussex and led by
director/choreographer Ben Duke. We aim to create and tour excellent shows widely and
well – with consideration for the planet, care for our staff and performers and generosity
towards our audiences. They treasure and celebrate the temporary community that is
created when people share time, space and air in a theatre – whether that theatre is a village
hall or a major metropolitan opera house. Their works on stage defy categorisation – ‘this
company…constantly walks a tightrope between opposites. They create dance, they create
theatre; they use words, they use dance; they offer wisdom, they offer foolishness; they
make you spring up in hope and they make you slump in despair. They are one of the most
fascinating theatre companies around.’ (The Observer, Feb 2022) – but at their heart there is
usually a familiar story or (often venerated) classic text which is retold, re-imagined or
reinvented through words, music and movement. Ben Duke has a talent for finding the
ordinary in the extraordinary, making great works entirely relatable to modern audiences,
seeing tragedy and comedy in the everyday. Their shows offer audiences an evening of
genuine, laugh out loud entertainment while quietly (sometimes loudly) breaking their hearts
Accessibility
Dorchester Corn Exchange has wheelchair access and toilet facilities for wheelchair users. If you have any specific requirements, then please let us know when booking tickets and we are more than happy to help.
Our bar
The fully-licenced bar opens half an hour before each performance.
Booking information
Tickets can currently be purchased online or by telephone. The telephone line is manned between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. At all other times please leave your name, telephone number and ticket requirements and we will call you back.
We are not currently able to welcome visitors for advance face-to-face ticket sales.
No booking fees are charged, but a £1 Future Fund levy is included in most ticket prices to support our work. This levy is included in the published ticket price. Concessionary prices (for events promoted by Dorchester Arts): where available, these are offered to under 18s, students, those in receipt of benefits and people on low income regardless of age.
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