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Play Dead
by People Watching
Play Dead
by People Watching
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 extraordinairy 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 create 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.
Language
Duration
2 hours
Pauses
1
Web
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
"Surreal and poetic dance theater…. fine choreographies and breathtaking acrobatics"
Rheinische Post
"People Watching has built before us with barbaric delicacy, with the subtlety of watchmaking precision, a spectacle of such power that it forces the eye(s) to not miss a single detail."
La Verdad
"one of the most remarkable contemporary circus shows in recent years"
La Presse Montréal
Chamäleon Berlin
Rosenthaler Straße 40/41in den Hackeschen Höfen
10178 Berlin
37.00 EUR - 64.00 EUR
Reductions apply for school pupils, students, apprentices, people undertaking voluntary work or voluntary military service, pensioners, unemployed people and disabled people, all upon presentation of valid evidence. Severely disabled people with a “B” status in their verification may bring one assistant for free. The valid evidence must be presented upon admittance, at the latest.
Discounts can vary from piece to piece; the discount price for your desired performance will be displayed in our webshop.
Children up to 12 years generally pay 50% of the regular ticket price.