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4.48 Psychosis in The Netherlands and
Belgium
 Photo ©
Philip Provily
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4.48 Psychosis is playing
in The Netherlands and Belgium between 24 Mar and
20 Apr 2005. It plays in The Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Haarlem and
Utrecht, and in Belgium (Antwerpen and Leuven).
The director is Olivier
Provily and the translation to Dutch is by Marcel
Otten. The play is acted by Nanette Edens.
"4.48 Psychose is een
roep vanuit de diepte van een ziel. Aan het woord
is een vrouw die het geweld en het lijden van de
hele samenleving op zich heeft genomen. Via
krachtige taalbeelden confronteert zij de
toeschouwer met haar persoonlijke relaas over de
hunkering naar liefde en haar gevecht tegen de
hedendaagse vervreemding. Haar behoefte om te
protesteren tegen de liefdeloosheid van de
moderne westerse samenleving is in elk woord
voelbaar. Haar gemis aan liefde heeft ingrijpende
gevolgen."
Thanks to Nanette for the
information. Clink on the link for more
details.
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Anéantis (Blasted) in Paris
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Blasted is on in Paris in Sains Denis
from 18 Mar- 17 Apr 2005. Mise en
scène et scénographie Daniel Jeanneteau,
collaboration artistique et lumière
Marie-Christine Soma, assistante à la mise en
scène Aurélia Guillet, costumes Ann Williams,
son Yves Coméliau, régie générale Damiano
Gatto.
The actors are Stéphanie Schwartzbrod (Cate),
Gérard Watkins (Ian), Gaël Baron (Le Soldat).
© Daniel Jeanneteau
"J'ai été stupéfaite de ces
clameurs d'épouvante qui ont éclaté à propos
de mes pièces, parce qu'en fin de compte il ne
s'agit pas de brutalité ou de cruauté. Elles
sont là, sans plus, quand on écrit et qu'en
dépit de toute la violence qui existe, on veut
continuer d'aimer et d'espérer". Ainsi
parlait, d'or, Sarah Kane, qui mit fin à ses
jours en 1999, au terme d'une lutte incessante
contre la souffrance mentale et l'état du monde.
Daniel Jeanneteau, sur le point de mettre en
scène Anéantis, pièce terrible qui fait
apparaître, ainsi qu'elle le disait, "un
lien direct entre la violence domestique en
Angleterre et la guerre civile dans l'ancienne
Yougoslavie", estime qu'il est temps,
aujourd'hui, de voir en Sarah Kane "un être
visionnaire, frappé de lucidité et
généreux".
Thanks to Nadege for the
information. Click on the left image for
more details.
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Blasted in Germany
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The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in
Berlin is presenting Blasted on 16, 17, 18, 19,
21, 22 Mar 2005. The actors are Ulrich
Mühe (Ian), Katharina Schüttler (Cate), Thomas
Thieme (soldat).
Deutsch von Nils Tabert, regie: Thomas
Ostermeier, Bühne Jan Pappelbaum, Kostüme Almut
Eppinger, Musik Malte Beckenbach, Dramaturgie
Marius von Mayenburg, Licht Urs Schönebaum.
"Der Journalist Ian und Cate, eine
junge Frau, betreten ein luxuriöses Hotelzimmer
in Leeds. Ihre Beziehung ist seit langem beendet,
aber Ian begehrt Cate noch immer. Doch sie weist
ihn ab. Sie ist aus Mitleid mit dem todkranken
Ian mitgegangen. Ian, der eine Pistole bei sich
trägt, fühlt sich verfolgt, kontrolliert Türen
und Fenster und schreckt bei jedem Geräusch auf.
Er bedroht und demütigt Cate und vergewaltigt
sie in der Nacht. Am Morgen kann sie unbemerkt
durch das Badezimmerfenster entkommen. Es stellt
sich heraus, dass Ians Paranoia nicht
unbegründet ist, denn tatsächlich dringt ein
Soldat ins Hotelzimmer ein. Draußen herrscht
Krieg, der mit seiner ganzen Brutalität und
zerstörerischen Kraft in das Zimmer und in das
Leben von Ian hereinbricht."
Click on the image for more details.
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4.48 Psychosis and Crave in Prague
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The National Theatre in Prague presents
Psychosis 4,48 as part of it's regular repertory
since March 2003 and it will continue to be
performed through 2005. Also in Prague,
the Rubin Theatre is presenting Crave from Jan
2005.
Thanks to Anna for the
information.
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Blasted (??, ??) in Korea
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Théâtre Années Folles Production
present Blasted in the INA Theatre, Seoul.
The actors are Yuji Nagano, Hiromi Saotome and
Ttesu Hirahara. It's on from 3-6 Mar 2005. Click
on the image for more details.
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4.48 Psychosis in Italy
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4.48 Psychosis is being performed in
Italy. It is performed by Giovanna
Mezzogiorno: "I wanted to go back on stage
and I wanted to do something that would push my
skills to the limits… I've always considered
the theatre as being more difficult than cinema,
something that is more extreme… My aim was
to once again have the sensation of fear, of
curiosity, that only something new can give you.
And for me to return on stage after nine years
means doing something new".
The director is Piero Maccarinelli.
Translation is by Gian Maria Cervo, soundtrack by
Martux- M and visual architecture by DDG Crew.
Click on the image for more details.
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Phaedra's Love in Italy
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After an entire body of work dedicated to
Sarah Kane’s writing, started in 1999 with
the Dark Age Project - a series of studies on the
mythological figure of Ariadne - the Accademia
degli Artefatti decides to work directly with
Kane’s text. The immediate and only
possible choice for the Accademia is to work on
the figure of Phaedra.
... I sense it’s about a fire. A fire
with no way out, with no open doors; it stays
inside, it fills its room. It swells the body of
the actor. It only finds little gaps, thin
apertures through which you glimpse the
consistency of its color... I perceive an
underground energy, as an earthquake, a
never-ending rhythm in the background, onto which
words lie, shaping the lyrics of a song played on
an scratchy gramophone... I feel an ineptitude of
adhesion, as a non-coincidence, as the story is
known; dragging itself on as a burden, trapping
and forcing all it can find, creating an adjacent
environment, in which you can stay. At the edges
of the room, in the calligraphy and into the
non-sense of the writing, into the intersections
of the pauses.
Translated from Italian by Claudia Cannizzaro.
Click on the image for more details.
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Crave in Kansas City
Cinnamon
Eye Productions present Crave at the Westport Coffee
House.
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