Container Series
Presented by Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts
Red Phone
Boca del Lupo
About the work
Red Phone by Boca del Lupo transforms a simple phone conversation into a theatrical, intimate, and unforgettable encounter. Part performance, part social experiment, the work takes place between two audience members at a time, each in their own handcrafted phone booth, creating anonymity that encourages participants to become the actors in their own experience.
The performance creates intimate, memorable moments that travel with the audience long after the conversation ends.
About the artist
Boca del Lupo
Vancouver, Canada
Boca del Lupo is a Canadian interdisciplinary theatre company led by Artistic Directors Sherry J. Yoon and Jay Dodge. Since its inception the company has created over 60 original works and unique presentations, touring nationally and internationally.
Sherry J. Yoon directs and co-creates the company’s productions, while Jay Dodge’s writing, performance, and design work are central to its aesthetic.
The company has brought artists and audiences to old growth forests with performers rigged up 40 to 75 feet in the treetops, to darken shipping containers experiencing an auditory journey of crossing the Pacific, and under the ocean waters following an archeologist 150 years into the future.
Their work has been recognized with numerous awards, including Jessies for Outstanding Design, Production, and Performance, the Critic’s Choice Award for Innovation, the Alcan Performing Arts & Patrick O’Neil Awards and Sherry was a finalist for the Siminovitch Award for directing.