Ressacs
A couple, lost at sea. Playthings for the prevailing winds,
their moods tossing and turning, just like their small raft. Their course is
uncertain.
The
couple have lost everything: their stylish home, their beautiful garden, the
lease on their shiny new car. The bank has taken everything. Their poverty is
absolute.
Perhaps
only Jesus can still save them, perhaps only he can return their 60′ colour TV?
Pleading to him with their gospels of conspicuous consumption they are saved!
Run aground on the virgin soil of a deserted land, the couple are ready to
rebuild their lives… but are they fated to make the same mistakes?
What was the inspiration for this performance?
I 'm always inspired by one or
more objects to start to create a new show. For Ressacs it was 3 reproductions of the caravels of the conquistadors
(Columbus and the others ...) and a little broken boat. From that we work on
the theme of the economic crisis and the subprime in 2008, the Belgian Congo
and people being lost with nothing.
How do you feel your work fits within the remit of the
manipulate festival?
Perfectly
Is performance still a good space for the public
discussion of ideas?
Yes, of course. We use that
type of theatre (le théâtre d'objet) to develop also an artistic and political
commitment.
How did you become interested
in making performance?
I believe it is inside me since
my early age. I always want to work in art ... writing, painting, acting ....
Is there any particular approach to the making of the
show?
Yes, we work only by
improvisations and slowly, day after day, we « build » the show,
develop the scenography, the dramaturgy, the choice of objects, the story .... It took us 2 years with coming, going, coming
back. We like to work intensively 2 or 3 weeks .... let it go .... come back
later ...
Does the show fit with your usual productions?
Completely.
What do you hope that the audience will experience?
A nice evening and enjoying our
way of approaching theater. What seems to be funny could be also deep political
commitment.
Creating humorous, bickering, larger-than-life husband and wife
characters, and using masterful and imaginative object manipulation, the award-winning Compagnie
Gare Centrale presents this bitingly funny and darkly
satirical allegory about the dangers of existing purely for the material life.
Founded
in 1984 the company has presented its work around the globe to great acclaim.
In 2017 its founder and performer/artistic director, Agnes
Limbos, was honoured as a featured artist at the world-renowned
Festival Mondial Des Marionnettes in France.
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