''Hope Hunt'' lies between the lines of physical theatre, social proclamation and dance. A thumping black Golf, headlights on, sits in waiting. Music thumping from its metal shield. A man who is many men leeks in out of the metal beat, his story, a hunt for hope. Through speech, movement, and sound we are twisted and contorted through ideas of masculinity, morality and nostalgia. Through wet forgotten roads of memory; the hunter takes the audience with him.
He hits and swerves at extreme stereotypes of cultural and social class. Teetering on the fine lines between comedy and tragedy. To find the importance of self-belief. No matter where you are from, what class you are placed. There are essential needs of love ingrained in all of us. Removing the masks of ego and cultural affectations we find a common ground of truth and hope.
Oona Doherty is an Irish choreographer based in Belfast. She studied at ''London School of Contemporary Dance'', ''University of Ulster'' and ''LABAN'' London (BA Honours and Post Graduate in Contemporary Dance Studies). Since 2010 she has created and toured internationally dance and theatre works with Companies such as ''TRASH'' (NL), ''Abbattoir Ferme'' (BE), Veronika Riz (IT), Emma Martin /United Fall (IE).
Oona’s work has been recently performed at festivals around Europe including ''Ravnedans Festival'' Norway, and the ''Dublin Dance Festival''. Oona has been teaching dance theatre workshops in Europe since 2012. She’s an ISSAC Associate Artist. In 2016 she became The MAC Belfast HATCH Artist and Prime Cut Productions REVEAL Artist. Oona is the winner of the Dublin Tigre Fringe Festival 2016 (Best Performance Award); Aerowaves European Dance Network selected artist 2016/2017; Nominated Total Theatre Award Edinburgh Fringe 2017.