Bestiarium
(2024)
Bestiarium
(2024)
A wooden box. Or a house? Here, a window, there, a balcony. And there are strange creatures in the attic. Who lives here? BESTIARIUM is an examination of the house as an organism, as a living being, as a space of coexistence. A space in which the housefly has a special supremacy.
Feathers flutter, doors creak, dust is stirred up. In the kitchen, the teapot whistles away, upstairs in the attic secrets are waiting to be discovered and deep down in the cellar there is a rumbling. And somewhere in between, a chamber choir of untroubled houseflies buzzes.
From fragments of figures, everyday objects and the interplay with the human body, a scenic bestiary emerges from an old transport box: a wood pigeon, a blowfly and a trembling spider thrust themselves into the limelight. Limbs, heads and bodies are transformed into new, curious creatures. Inspired by dusty zoology books and classic variety theatre acts, they sing us stories about living together in a shared space.
A homage to the house, and to those who inhabit it.
Audience: tout public, 5+
Artistic direction, play: Annina Mosimann Outside Eye: Lara Epp, Ariel Doron Outside Eye Music: Eric Tarantola. Advice and artistic collaboration scenography: Lukas Schneider. Dramaturgy: Petra Fischer. Coaching Production Marius Kob. Production management: Beat Ryser. Lichtdesign: Michael Murr. Video, Photo: Nikolaj Leu.
Coproduction: Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Premio Schweiz, Centre Creation Helvetique des Arts de la Rue CCHAR, Figurentheater Winterthur Funding: Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Kultur Gemeinde Vechigen, GVB Kulturstiftung, Migros Aare Kulturprozent, Schweizer Interpretenstiftung, Kultur Gemeinde Langnau i.E., Swisslos Kanton Bern, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern, Gesellschaft zu Schuhmachern
A wooden box. Or a house? Here, a window, there, a balcony. And there are strange creatures in the attic. Who lives here? BESTIARIUM is an examination of the house as an organism, as a living being, as a space of coexistence. A space in which the housefly has a special supremacy.
Feathers flutter, doors creak, dust is stirred up. In the kitchen, the teapot whistles away, upstairs in the attic secrets are waiting to be discovered and deep down in the cellar there is a rumbling. And somewhere in between, a chamber choir of untroubled houseflies buzzes.
From fragments of figures, everyday objects and the interplay with the human body, a scenic bestiary emerges from an old transport box: a wood pigeon, a blowfly and a trembling spider thrust themselves into the limelight. Limbs, heads and bodies are transformed into new, curious creatures. Inspired by dusty zoology books and classic variety theatre acts, they sing us stories about living together in a shared space.
A homage to the house, and to those who inhabit it.
Audience: tout public, 5+
Artistic direction, play: Annina Mosimann Outside Eye: Lara Epp, Ariel Doron Outside Eye Music: Eric Tarantola. Advice and artistic collaboration scenography: Lukas Schneider. Dramaturgy: Petra Fischer. Coaching Production Marius Kob. Production management: Beat Ryser. Lichtdesign: Michael Murr. Video, Photo: Nikolaj Leu.
Coproduction: Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Premio Schweiz, Centre Creation Helvetique des Arts de la Rue CCHAR, Figurentheater Winterthur Funding: Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Kultur Gemeinde Vechigen, GVB Kulturstiftung, Migros Aare Kulturprozent, Schweizer Interpretenstiftung, Kultur Gemeinde Langnau i.E., Swisslos Kanton Bern, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern, Gesellschaft zu Schuhmachern
