What stories do we tell and why? Who do we become when someone is speaking about us? In a mixture of interactive experiment and play, Leonardo Moreira and his company Hiato delve into grand narratives and timeless contexts, concealed behind the daily and banal, the modern and ostensibly private of our life experiences. The company previously visited Frankfurt before with two extraordinary productions: at Mousonturm with the marathon “Ficções” (Fictions) and before that at the Frankfurt LAB with “O Jardim” (The Garden). Their new piece “Odisseia” is likewise above all based on the experiences, dreams and doubts of the seven performers, who have strangely, as well as quite naturally assimilated characters from Homer’s “Odyssey”. They invite us to a four-hour feast, in which they simply celebrate the continued mythical quality of our world. And after a roller coaster of strong emotions – grief, anger, love – in the end, we ask ourselves: what ghosts are still lingering here with us? Which dreams have disappeared from our lives? Which battles we have fought? And where can we never return to?
Infos
Duration: 270 min. (including two breaks with food for free)
Language: Portugese and English, with English and German surtitles
Introduction at 5.30 p.m. with Philipp Schulte (Hessische Theaterakademie)
Mousontum Co-production
Sponsors and Supporters
Regie: Leonardo Moreira
With: Aline Filócomo, Aura Cunha, Fernanda Stefanski, Luciana Paes, Maria Amélia Farah, Paula Picarelli, Thiago Amaral
Directed: Leonardo Moreira
Written: Aura Cunha, Aline Filócomo, Fernanda Stefanski, Leonardo Moreira,
Luciana Paes, Maria Amélia Farah, Paula Picarelli, Thiago Amaral
Cast: Aline Filócomo, Aura Cunha, Fernanda Stefanski, Luciana Paes, Maria Amélia Farah,
Paula Picarelli, Thiago Amaral
Co-Direction & Assistant Director: Aura Cunha, Luciana Paes
Dramaturgy: Mariana Delfini
Set & Lighting Design: Marisa Bentivegna
Costume Design: Chris Aizner
Sound and Music: Miguel Caldas Audiovisual Director and Graphic Design Laerte Késsimos
Assistant Set Design & Video Operator: Cezar Renzi
Press (BR): Pombo Correio Assessoria de Imprensa
Photos by Elina Giounanli: Elina Giounanli Ligia Jardim
Production Direction: Aura Cunha
Production Management: Yumi Ogino
International Promotion: Ligne Directe Judith Martin
Idealization: Cia. Hiato and Elephante Produções Artísticas
A production by Cia. Hiato. Co-production by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Fomento ao Teatro – Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, ProAC – Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Onassis Cultural Centre - Athens, Grand Theatre Groningen, Sesc São Paulo (in progress). Die Frankfurter Aufführung von „Odisseia“ wird gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen des Bündnisses internationaler Produktionshäuser.