ANGELA (a strange loop)
Susanne Kennedy
Markus Selg
In ANGELA (a strange loop), a woman's life unfolds before our eyes in a space that constantly transforms, switching between real and virtual as we follow Angela through waking and sleeping, being born and giving birth, sickness and healing, ageing and dying.
But what makes Angela Angela? With her trademark post-humanist aesthetic and multimedia approach, celebrated German theatre-maker Susanne Kennedy collaborates with visual artist Markus Selg to delve into one of the fundamental questions of existence: what is the nature of reality and what am ‘I’?
The actors uncannily approximate a perfect but artificial reality. They speak in lip-sync and slightly out of rhythm, as if trying to imitate real life. Digital culture and virtual reality mix seamlessly with spirituality and philosophy.
Susanne Kennedy is one of today’s most innovative theatre-makers and was awarded the European Theatre Prize. With this creation, presenting her work in Brussels for the first time, she serves up a case study of what it means to be a human being. An intense visual trip and a brand new way of experiencing theatre.
Première
Corealisation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
11.05.2023 · 19:30 – Introduction · fr, nl, en
Calendar
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Information
Language
en, surtitling fr, nl
Duration
90'
Venue
Grande salle
Cast
Presentation
Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Concept, text and direction
Susanne Kennedy
Concept and stage design
Markus Selg
Performers
Diamanda La Berge Dramm
Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Kate Strong
Tarren Johnson
Dominic Santia
Voices
Diamanda La Berge Dramm
Cathal Sheerin
Kate Strong
Rita Kahn Chen
Rubina Schuth
Tarren Johnson
Susanne Kennedy
Ethan Braun
Dominic Santia
Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Marie Schleef
Ruth Rosenfeld
Sound design and montage
Richard Alexander
Soundtrack
Diamanda La Berge Dramm
Richard Alexander
Live music
Diamanda La Berge Dramm
Video design
Rodrik Biersteker
Markus Selg
Costume design
Andra Dumitrascu
Dramaturgy
Helena Eckert
Light design
Rainer Casper
Sound operator
Max Heesen
Video operator
Stefan Korsinsky
Light operator
Sebastian Zamponi
Artistic collaboration and Touring Director
Friederike Kötter
Stage assistant
Lili Süper
Artistic costume assistant
Anastasia Pilepchuk
Anna Jannicke
Directors intern
Tobias Klett
Many thanks to Nick Drnaso and David OReilly for inspiration and quotes
Production
Ultraworld Productions
Management
Something Great
Artistic production manager
Philip Decker
Technical production manager
Sven Nichterlein
International distribution
Rui Silveira – Something Great
Stage Construction
Stefan Pilger
Tour manager
Niki Fischer – Something Great
Coproduction
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Wiener Festwochen, Festival d’Automne à Paris & Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Festival d’Avignon, Holland Festival, National Theatre Drama / Prague Crossroads Festival, Romaeuropa Festival, Teatro Nacional de São João, Volksbühne Am Rosa Luxemburg Platz
Supported by
the Ammodo Foundation and the German Federal Cultural Foundation with funding by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Performances in Brussels with the support of the Goethe-Institut Brussels
