———H(ave)
———U
———G(ot)
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REAL HUGS ONLY !! MY BODY TOUCHING YOUR BODY — NOT SEX NOT KISS – ONLY HUG.
——This piece explores Hugging.
Picture the scene – me, you – hugging HARD. Asking big – Big – *hug* – HARD questions.
Everybody hugs sometimes, even you – EVEN BROS HUG.
——HUG PIECE is a piece of theatre/performance with people - you, and me.
——Devised with TEAM HUG featuring : James Dolan; Jessica Panchi-Pacheco; Domna Solea; Shea Sullivan; Atlas Wu
—This is a performance lecture (we don’t know what that means)
“Do you believe in life after hug ?” - Sher
If you really think about it, the Big Bang is just a hug gone wrong ...
——This piece will feel like a hug (if it didn’t we don’t do refunds sorry)
“There is life after hug because I live in the memory of it” – Shea Sullivan 2026
When we all die, the grime rapper hugs you.
The soil will hug us all one day.
It’s not that deep, it’s just hugs.
——And that was the first human.
“I like when I hug you cuz I cant see your face but can feel your breasts” – Jake Swallen’s Great Book of Hugs 2026
Special Thanks to Pushback Theatre, Frey Kwa Hawking, Battersea Arts Centre, Molly Shields, Jess Senanayake and our army of test audiences.
FULL HUG PIECE COMPANY:
James Dolan
Carla Ng
Jessica Panchi-Pacheco
Domna Solea
Shea Sullivan
Atlas Wu
“Such a crucial part of the UK theatre ecology… Developing artists and audiences”
The Guardian
