People Watching - Play Dead
Address: in the Hackesche Höfe Rosenthaler Straße 40/41 10178 Berlin, Germany
Language: Without spoken language
Content note: partial nudity, stylised violence, themes such as dying and death
Age recommendation: 12+
With Play Dead, the Canadian company People Watching has created an astonishing debut work. The show will be re-staged exclusively for the Chamäleon in order to artistically expand the facets of the Chamäleon stage with its extraordinary and powerful aesthetic.
In a shifting universe of domestic trappings and interlocking stories, eight curious individuals dissect the beauty and absurdity of the human condition. A reverie, a purgatory, a place where anatomical logic and gravity don’t seem to apply. Through an otherworldly hybrid of acrobatics, dance and physical theatre, People Watching creates a contemporary circus that flows like water, sometimes gentle and reflective, sometimes relentless and impactful. Play Dead pushes physical boundaries at the intersection where circus and dance meet to celebrate life in all its eccentricity, the same way people desperately dance to the last song before the party ends.
Duration: 2 hours
Genre: New circus
Credits:
Produced by People Watching
Supported by Chamäleon Berlin
Concept and direction: Ruben Ingwersen, Jérémi Levesque, Natasha Patterson, Brin Schoellkopf, Jarrod Takle, Sabine Van Rensburg
Lighting design: Emile Lafortune
Set design: Emily Tucker
Carpenter: Alastair Davies
Music and sound design: Colin Gagne, Francisco Cruz, Olivier Landry-Gagnon, Stefan Boucher
Costume assistance: Camille TB, Catherine Veri
Dramaturgic assistance: Peter James, Isabelle Chasse, Gypsy Snider
Funded by: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)
Support: Les 7 Doigts de la Main, White Wall Studio, Patro Villeray, Phantom Theater
Get in touch
Production contact : Natasha Patterson (natasha@peoplewatchingcollective.com) and Tzu-Yin Hsu (tzu-yin@auroranova.org)
Status: Available for touring
How to book?
30 tickets per show are available in Price Category 1 (€29) and Price Category 2 (€26,50) for IETM Berlin Participants. Tickets are reserved until 9 May. After this date, after that date 4 tickets per show will be blocked until the very day of the show.
