Frascati 1, 20.00 uur
€ 14 en in combi met Fras 2: 18 euro / 10.50
tags: lecture-performance
Utopia/Dystopia
In October, Frascati will be unveiling a new presentation in the Nes and in Frascati WG. Utopia/Dystopia is a programme made up of Dutch and international productions in which theatre-makers explicitly relate to our times. In which they speak out in an attempt to create order in a world from which the big ideologies have disappeared. Documentary theatre in which the personal and the political meet.
We will be showing Void Story by Tim Etchells/Forced Entertainment; 1: SONGS by Nicole Beutler; Theater with dirty feet by Rabih Mroué; Venlo by the Wunderbaum collective and 2012, a text by Marjolijn van Heemstra, directed by Julie Van den Berghe (Frascati Productions).
Utopia/Dystopia presents a series of productions that sketch an apocalyptic world view. Whether this focuses on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the political situation in Beirut or the rise of a 'liveability crisis' in the Dutch town of Venlo; the productions that make up Utopia/Dystopia are all in search of ways to relate to (lack of) ideology. They tell highly personal stories, full of the morbid hope, destructive tendencies and will to survive thrown up the dislocated state of our modern society. Five productions that all harbour a certain violence, but in which humour often brings relief. Utopia/Dystopia is a theatrical laboratory, in which hope and abhorrence take the spotlight in turns. And sometimes utopia and dystopia are very close together.
The performances in Frascati 1 and Frascati 2 can be seen from Thur 29 through Sat 31 Oct, in combination for a special total price of € 21.
Frascati International
In Theater with dirty feet, Rabih Mroué talks about the context within which he makes art. How art has related until now to politics or reality. He places personal observations within a broader, political context. Theater with dirty feet deals with the luxury position of being able to talk about art, even while your country is in flames.
In 1990 the theatre-maker Rabih Mroué (Beirut, 1967) staged his first play. His often semi-documentary plays, videos and performances have since been seen all over the world. Mroué has grown into one of the most critical artists to make their feelings known both in and outside Lebanon. In his work he analyses the dubious developments in his country’s war as if on a dissection table. He combines political insight with precision of form and an exceptional sense of humour.
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