A duet for the two ends of life.

Ernie is 19, Gerard, 74… there are 55 years between them.

Both are highly skilled performers. Ernie is a boxer, singer and National Youth Dance Company alumnus. Gerard arrived at Stacked Wonky after working with the likes of Improbable Theatre, Punchdrunk and Stan’s Cafe.

They like and trust each other.

The duet is Ernie's idea, made possible by partners willing to commission an intuitive young choreographer.

Join the performance as it weaves its way through public and private, intimate and open spaces this summer. You will find Gerard with his "in memoriam" bench looking for a good spot to rest.

Devised & performed by Gerard Bell and Ernie Shorten

Choreography Ernie Shorten

Music Sebastian Tesouro

Design Angie Newbold

Photography Jon Barrett

Produced by Stacked Wonky

Film Lucy Cash

Tour 2026

Working with programmers and local communities, we have put together an unusual, site-responsive tour incorporating a wide variety of spaces: back gardens, shopping centres, hospital atriums, seafronts and well-loved parks. Performances will pop up in, around and between Ernie’s birthplace in Barnstaple, and Gerard’s in Tunbridge Wells, from July.