THE SMALL THEATRE FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, OPUS 2
THE SMALL THEATRE FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, OPUS 2
Non verbal, 55 minutes
Target audience: 15+
Théâtre de la Massue - Cie Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu (France)
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, industry organised the workforce on a forced march in the service of victorious capitalism. Emancipation and progress were promises made at the cost of working class sacrifice. The Small Theatre from the End of the World is an exploratory triptych by Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu. Opus 2 - the second part of the triptych - was created at the interface between puppet theatre and visual installation. The desert landscape, in which creatures wander around in search of a better life, is created using various mechanical reels, automatons and static puppets. The images speak of the uncontrolled consumption of natural resources, of the cataclysm that seems to be approaching ever faster, and above all they raise the question of the position of the individual in a world of hyperproduction of everything.
Concept, visual design and manufacturing: Ezéquiel Garcia-Romeu┃Dramaturgy and direction advising: Laurent Caillon┃Music: René Koering┃Sound design: Stéphane Morisse┃Stage technology: Thierry Hett┃Puppet making assistance: Martine Le Saout┃Set design assistance: Odile Artru, Ana Almeida┃Video assistence: Philippe Rombaut┃Cast: Ezéquiel Garcia-Romeu, Iroslav Petkov, Christo Ivanov, Margarita Kostova/Teodora Rashev, Plamen Kanev┃Digital game design and development: Pierre Gotab, Benjamin Maza, Aurore Huitorel Vetro, Castel Productions/Nectar de code┃Digital game design and development: Pierre Gotab, Benjamin Maza, Aurore Huitorel Vetro, Castel Productions/Nectar de code┃Video streaming’s design: Emmanuelle Vié le Sage┃Opening: 2018
Coproducers: Théâtre National de Nice, Théâtre Nouvelle Génération - Centre dramatique national de Lyon, Le Théâtre - Scène nationale de Sénart, Le Carré - Scène nationale de Château-Gontier, Théâtre National de Marionnettes de Vidin, Plovdiv - capitale européenne de la culture, L'Extrapôle.
Théâtre de la Massue vodi režiser, lutkar, scenograf in predavatelj Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu, ki aktivno sodeluje pri raziskovanju novih oblik scenskih umetnosti, zlasti na področju sodobnih oblik gledališča in lutkarstva. Od leta 1994 so njegove stvaritve gostovale na skoraj vseh ključnih svetovnih festivalih, med drugimi na festivalu d'Avignon, Berliner Festspiele in FMTM Charleville-Mézières.