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In a Seoul apartment block for outdated helper robots, Oliver tends his plant and his jazz records, until the robot next door knocks to borrow his charger.
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The story
Oliver is a retired HelperBot living alone in a housing complex for obsolete robots on the edge of Seoul, certain that his former owner James will one day come back for him. When his neighbour Claire, another helper robot, turns up needing a charger, a grudging acquaintance becomes a road trip towards Jeju Island, and an unexpected romance between two machines begins.
In the room
A small-scale chamber musical that moves from light comedy into bittersweet romance, with a jazz-inflected score, threaded with the 1940s crooner records Oliver plays.
Good fit if you like
gentle science fiction, slow-burning romance, road-trip stories and jazz-tinged chamber scores.
Details
- 1 hr 40 min
- From 12 Nov 2024
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Cast & crew
Cast(6)
- Dez DuronCurrentGil Brentley
- Marcus ChoiCurrentJames
- Zachary Noah PiserCurrentOliver
- Hannah KevittCurrentClaire
- Darren CrissOliver
- Helen J ShenClaire
Creative & crew(14)
- Director
- Michael Arden
- Musical director
- John Yun
- Composer
- Will Aronson
- Lyricist
- Will Aronson, Hue Park
- Book writer
- Will Aronson, Hue Park
- Orchestrator
- Will Aronson
- Set designer
- Dane Laffrey
- Costume designer
- Clint Ramos
- Lighting designer
- Ben Stanton
- Sound designer
- Peter Hylenski
- Video Designer
- George Reeve
- Music supervisor
- Deborah K. Abramson