JULIET AND ROMEO

Lost Dog Presents
Juliet & Romeo

★★★★★ ‘Pure pleasure. Smart, subversive and sexy’ The Guardian

April 21-23, 2026  Studio Theatre, Centre in the Square

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With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after. Well they lived at least.

Now they’re 40ish, at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance – about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.

Directed by award-winning director/choreographer Ben Duke, Juliet & Romeo takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.

Conceived and Directed by Ben Duke
Devised by Ben Duke and Solène Weinachter
Performed by Emily Terndrup & John Kendall
Associate Director: Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh
Set & Costume Design: James Perkins
Production Manager: Dave Sherman
Executive Producer: Daisy Drury
Producer: Emma Evan

Emily Terndrup – Juliet

Emily Terndrup is a performer, choreographer, and director working in dance, theatre, and film. She spent over a decade as a performer, then Rehearsal Director, with immersive theatre company Punchdrunk in their productions The Burnt City(London) and Sleep No More (New York, Shanghai). Credits include: Associate Director on Life and Trust, Choreographer on Gina Moxley’s I Fall Down; Movement Director on Des Kennedy’s Making History, Sophie Motley’s The Summer I Robbeda Bank, Emma Jordan’s The Glass Menagerie, Josh Seymour’s Suddenly Last Summer, as well as Yael Farber’s The Tragedy of Macbeth and My Brilliant Friend(nominated for ‘Best Choreography & Stage Movement’ at the Gríman Awards).Emily has also collaborated and performed with choreographers Liz Roche, Andrea Miller / Gallim Dance, Bobbi Jene Smith, Luke Murphy-Attic Projects, Shannon Gillen + Guests, and others. Her other choreographic projects have been presented at the Cork Midsummer Festival, The Knockdown Center, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center’s Clark Studio Theater, and The Packing House.

John Kendall – Romeo

John is a freelance dance artist based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. John graduated from The Place in London in 2011 where he was a member of The Place postgraduate touring company EDge. Since graduating John has delivered his practice either as a performer, teacher or creative collaborator with a range of independent choreographers and professional companies across the UK and abroad including Lost Dog, Ballet LORENT, Joan Cleville Dance, Cafe Fuerte, Lo –Giudice Dance Company, Roa Dans, Red Ladder Theatre Company and Southpaw.

ARTISTIC TEAM

CAST

Patrick Dempsey
Buddy

Joël Giroux
Joe

Colton Gobbo
Patrick

CREATIVE

Karen Thistle
Playwright

Jeannette Lambermont-Morey
Director

Alex Sykes
Lighting and Sound Design 

Rachel Kaufman Behling
Costumes