FIREFLIES
2011-2012

Created over two years, starting on the sticky dance floors of Plymouths’ nightlife, developed and played during a residence in the same city and later in several venues in Sweden. 
Erika Lindahl, a priced playwright, provided the textual base for the performance. The theatrical concept and universe was a collectively devised effort by the group. An apocalyptic club environment, abandoned parking decks, a park that might as well be a savannah or a scene of a murder, combined to a shimmering bleeding entity of Lynch-like series of events.
Fireflies circles around the haunt for pleasure, oblivion and reasonable relationships, desperate attempts to handle wheels of destruction and weltschmerz. The search for survival strategies when the world as we know it falls apart. 


Flashlights, furs, cheeseburgers, sequins, an inflatable dolphin, shadows and plastic beer crates built the physical and visual space. The soundscape was developed by musicians Anton Leijonberg and Everyday Mistakes. Techno beats and crooning spaghetti western. The costumes were designed in collaboration with fashion label Julian Red.  

 

Under tre nätter rämnar världen, som du känner den. Vad är din plan för överlevnad? Att använda knogarna för att framhärda ett pansarskal om ryggen eller flasha brösten för ett glas gratis champagne? Försöker du fly genom sprickan i natten, eller begraver du dina hemligheter under ett träd i Central Park? Med ficklampor, klubbiga beats och ändlösa mängder glitter, genom rappt ordraseri, skönsång och små danser via ett motell, ett dansgolv, parkeringsdäck ger vi dig en skymningsvärld full av destruktiv trygghet, druckna visdomsord och paljetter. Penny pick a doll ger dig Fireflies. Föreställningar: Lagerhuset: 30 november 19.30, 1 december 14.30 & 19.30. Cinnober teater: 5 & 6 december 19.30. Not Quite, Fengersfors:15 december 19.30. www.facebook.com/pennypickadoll www.blogspot.com/pennypickadoll Klippning: Sanna Carlson Musik: Anton Leijonberg