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Odin Teatret / The Chronic Life |
directed by Eugenio Barba has been created as part of the Grotowski Institute’s Masters in Residence programme. Co-production: Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Holstebro Grotowski Institute, Wroc³aw Teatro de La Abadía, Madrid Polish premiere: 13 October 2011 Danish premiere: 19 September 2011 Spanish premiere: 16 May 2012 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 October Thu-Sun 8 pm • Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street The Chronic Life – premiere showings Dedicated to Anna Politkovskaya and Natalia Estemirova, Russian writers and human right activists, murdered by anonymous thugs in 2006 and 2009 for their opposition to the Chechen conflict. TEXT: Ursula Andkjær Olsen i Odin Teatret ACTORS: Kai Bredholt, Roberta Carreri, Jan Ferslev, Elena Floris, Donald Kitt, Tage Larsen, Sofia Monsalve, Fausto Pro, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Julia Varley DRAMATURG: Thomas Bredsdorff LITERARY ADVISER: Nando Taviani LIGHT DESIGN: Odin Teatret LIGHTING ADVISER: Jesper Kongshaug SCENIC SPACE: Odin Teatret SCENIC SPACE ADVISERS: Jan de Neergaard, Antonella Diana MUSIC: Odin Teatret, traditional and modern melodies COSTUMES: Odin Teatret, Jan de Neergaard TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Fausto Pro DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANTS: Raúl Iaiza, Pierangelo Pompa, Ana Woolf DIRECTOR AND DRAMATURGY: Eugenio Barba The Chronic Life takes place simultaneously in different countries of Europe in 2031 after the third civil war. Individuals and groups with different backgrounds come together and challenge each other driven by uprooting war and unemployment. A boy arrives from Latin America in search of his father who has inexplicably disappeared. “Stop searching for your father”, people tell him while escorting him from door to door.
14 October Fri 6 pm • Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street Prof. Dariusz Kosiñski in conversation with Eugenio Barba about his book On Directing and Dramaturgy: Burning the House |