MOON FOOD is Watson’s first full-length company work which their looking to fund and develop throughout 2024-25.
The new work is a surreal, sci-fi, retro-futuristic, dark comedy dance theatre work set in alternate reality where our development of space science occurs decades before it really did. The work follows a group of strangers in a departure lounge in 1969 - as they are about to board the C.O.W, the first civilian space-flight to the moon.
Although through a campy, retro futuristic lens this surprisingly contemporary work will be exploring themes of social polarisation, queerness, overconsumption, the environment and our modern departure from the nature world.
Offering an albeit humorous but compelling and existential perspective on our relationships with one another, our planet, space and time.
MOON FOOD will be Watson’s first ever independent company work of this length, collaborating with a highly skilled team of both national and international creatives.
They will be continuing their relationship with Belgian-based Canadian-born composer and sound artist Adam Vincent Clarke; crafting an auditory world inspired by the music of the 1960’s retro-futuristic movement.
They will be developing their relationship with Leeds-based costume designer and textile artist Joshua Cartmell (MELSH), creating an absurd, campy, visual landscape within both costume and set inspired by anything from vintage Pan Am uniforms to 1960’s cartoons and fashion illustrations.
Design.
Initial quick sketches by Joshua Cartmell of two of the characters of the new work, a flight attendant and a passenger.
Get in touch.
So, how does this all sound?
We’re currently looking for partners to support the future stages of the new work. If you think one of these partners could be you, or indeed have any questions about MOON FOOD or John-William Watson and Co then feel free to drop us a line.