A wide, tilted stage view shows performers amid swirling confetti or foam, with a glowing white shaggy figure under blue light, a pink furry mound at left, and audience silhouettes reaching up in the foreground.

Polka Theatre, Wimbledon2023

Hairy

The Production

Spymonkey’s first show created especially for young audiences, Hairy was a co-production with Polka Theatre and Worthing Theatres & Museum. The anarchic visual comedy used original songs, dance, puppetry and clowning to follow Hairnry’s bid to become Head Hair at Hairy Mission Control.

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Director: Toby Park, Aitor Basauri
Choreographer: Jasmine Chiu
Lighting Design: Rajiv Pattani
Set & Costume Design: Lucy Bradridge
Sound Design: Yvonne Gilbert
Commissioned by: Spymonkey, Polka Theatre and Worthing Theatres & Museum
Photography: Steve Gregson

A performer in a bright yellow bodysuit and huge curly yellow wig leaps with arms outstretched on a red-lit stage framed by a circular bulb-lit ring and drum kit.

A performer in a green bodysuit and tall sculptural green-and-black headpiece poses in front of a glowing circular light ring, with a drum kit to one side.

A performer in a green bodysuit and leafy headpiece holds a deep lunge pose on a vivid red and magenta stage, with a lit ring and drum kit behind.

Two performers peer over a red barrier wearing teal helmets with pink goggles, fuzzy antennae, and neon green claw-like gloves, making exaggerated faces under blue light.

A performer in a blue bodysuit and pink curled headpiece stands center stage flexing one arm beneath a bright spotlight and circular light ring.

A performer in a blue bodysuit and glasses swings long turquoise strands from their face in front of a glowing circular ring and drum kit.

Four performers in yellow, orange, blue, and green bodysuits crouch and reach toward one another across a brightly lit red stage.

A performer in a blue bodysuit, glasses, and moustache holds a clipboard and a small red fuzzy-topped pen against a red theatrical backdrop.

Four performers in yellow, orange, green, and blue bodysuits cluster together with raised, curved arms in a colorful dance pose before a red circular backdrop.

A performer in a bright green full-body costume stands on a red-lit stage before a glowing circular portal, with an orange-costumed figure inside it and a drum kit to the side.

Three performers in orange, blue, and yellow padded full-body costumes face off closely, the blue-costumed performer holding a clipboard while the yellow one reaches toward their face.

A lone performer seen from behind stands center stage with arms outstretched, wearing a bulbous multicolored headpiece under vivid pink and blue lighting.

Four performers in yellow, orange, blue, and green full-body costumes stride forward across the stage with one fist raised, framed by a glowing red circle and blue haze.

A yellow-costumed performer crouches wide-legged inside a glowing circular frame, hands raised beneath jagged lightning shapes, with a drum kit nearby.

A blue-costumed performer with glasses, a moustache, and a tall purple sculptural headpiece poses with one palm lifted in front of a glowing circular frame.

Performers in green, yellow, orange, and blue full-body costumes move across the red-lit stage, with the yellow-costumed performer leaping midair.

A green-costumed performer stands wide-legged under red lighting, raising a long dark braided prop high overhead in front of a glowing circular frame.

In a close stage grouping, a mint-green-costumed performer speaks or sings with arms spread while yellow- and blue-costumed performers stand on either side.

A shaggy pale blue figure stands with arms raised in dense blue haze and falling flecks, while other performers are barely visible in the darkness behind.

On a red-lit stage, a shaggy white feathered figure raises its arms while performers in orange, blue and green bodysuits gather nearby amid scattered white debris.

A performer in a bright yellow full-body costume peers through hanging red fabric strips under magenta stage light.

A yellow-costumed performer hides high in red curtains while a blue-costumed performer crouches below, pulling a bundle of red streamers near a drum kit.

Surrounded by curling red fabric strips, a performer in a yellow costume and red ribbon headpiece stands on a ladder with their mouth open.

An orange-costumed performer with a green spiked headpiece plays electric guitar in a cloud of stage smoke, with a drummer behind.

Under blacklight, four performers lean over a dark curtain wearing bug-like headpieces with neon green antennae and claws and bright pink goggles.

A smiling performer in a blue bodysuit, glasses and an elaborate white sculptural headpiece holds a small white stuffed dog.

In a close stage moment, a blue-costumed performer in glasses points a blue-gloved finger toward a yellow-costumed performer facing them.

A performer in a yellow full-body costume stands with arms spread inside a circular frame of red lights and curtains, with a drum kit to one side.

Four performers in green, yellow, blue and orange full-body costumes cluster together laughing on the bright red stage.

An orange-costumed performer leans toward a cheering audience with arms outstretched as bubbles fill a brightly lit red stage.

Orange- and blue-costumed performers spray bubbles over a front-row audience reaching up toward the red stage.

An orange-costumed performer carries an oversized comb across a red stage while a blue-costumed performer poses behind them.

Performers in orange, yellow, blue, and green bodysuits brandish oversized scissors and other props toward an excited audience at the stage edge.

Four performers in orange, green, blue, and yellow padded bodysuits stand close together under vivid stage lighting, looking tense and alert.

A green-costumed performer lunges forward with both arms raised while other brightly costumed performers move behind them on a pink-red stage.

Three performers in yellow, blue, and green bodysuits balance on one leg in matching comic dance poses beneath a glowing circular light.

A green-costumed performer is held horizontally across the stage while a blue-costumed performer watches and an orange-costumed performer plays electric guitar.

Five brightly costumed performers strike a posed tableau on a red stage, with a guitar, raised sticks, and an upside-down blue figure framed by circular lights.

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