THE KIDNAPPING
2018
performer
The bus driver places the first gear and tries the motor. An incoherent groan shakes the machine and its passengers. Slowly, someone starts to understand the state of humankind.
The Kidnapping is a site specific theatre piece, moving from several urban and natural landscapes. A performance where, from the first minute, the audience is complicit of the setting up of a crime, executed by a group that moves forward prisoner of little secrets. The victim, the outcome, and consequences of the crime are unknown, and what was thought to be a very well articulated plan, to make justice against “the right man”, can become a plot where individual’s solidarity and anger are always at stake/ game.
The Kidnapping is a site specific theatre piece, moving from several urban and natural landscapes. A performance where, from the first minute, the audience is complicit of the setting up of a crime, executed by a group that moves forward prisoner of little secrets. The victim, the outcome, and consequences of the crime are unknown, and what was thought to be a very well articulated plan, to make justice against “the right man”, can become a plot where individual’s solidarity and anger are always at stake/ game.
DATES
5-6 August 2018 // FIAR – Festival Internacional de Artes de Rua (Palmela, PT)
CREDITS
Concept and Artistic Direction: Bruno Humberto;
Text and Dramaturgy: Rui de Almeida Paiva e Bruno Humberto;
Performance and co-creators: Celestino Pinto, Matthieu Ehrlacher, Mafalda Miranda Jacinto e Bruno Humberto;
Special Participation: Mavilde and Joaquim Maria (Grupo Coral 1º de Maio do Bairro Alentejano), and Isabel Salsinha.
Musicians: André Lança (Sax Tenor); João Ferreira (Trompete) and João Gomes (Trombone)
Artistic Direction Assistance: Andresa Soares;
Assistance and Scenic space: Marco Balesteros;
Sound Design and musical composition: Philippe Lenzini
Production: FIAR, Centro de Artes de Rua, 2018