| Edit Kaldor (NL, H) C'est du chinois Tickets | 80% performance 20% language
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In many languages, ”talking Chinese” is a saying that means it’s all Greek to me. A language as a synonym for the impossibility of understanding.
The Hungarian, Amsterdam-based theatre-maker Edit Kaldor brings five Chinese people on stage who do their best to open up, to communicate with the audience. Their only language is Chinese. But they are convinced that this does not prevent an exchange with us. So they use the possibilities of theatrical representation – and teach us how to understand basic spoken Mandarin. Just enough to understand the story that is slowly unfolding before our eyes, driven by the repressed conflicts and interwoven personal histories of the performers: a family under extreme pressure, five people whose lives are irrevocably linked – but where did it all go wrong?
And we, unravelling the plot just a moment before, become witness to unpleasant truths. But who we believe, whose story we are willing to understand better, is all down to us. Just as this evening can only unfold if we fill in the gaps in understanding for ourselves and dare to engage in a communication that is essentially impossible. A challenging, but rewarding encounter; an evening about understanding and theatre. Starting from scratch, we begin to create something together.
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Edit Kaldor (NL, H)
Produced by Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg) & Stichting Kata (Amsterdam)
Co-produced by steirischer herbst, Alkantara Festival (Lisbon), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels) &
Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival
With support from Performing Arts Fund NL, VSBfund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts &
HUB – Theatre in Motion (Beijing)
Co-presented by NXTSTP, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union
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German-language Première
Thu 14/10, Fri 15/10 & Sat 16/10, 7.30 pm
80‘
16 / 10 €
Chinese language
Talk following the second performance
Dom im Berg
Concept, Text & Direction
Edit Kaldor
Assistant
Yen Yi Tzu
Language consultant
Xi Zeng
With
Nu Cheng Lu, Siping Yao, Aaron Fai Wan, Lesley Wang & Qi Feng Shang
Dramaturgical advice
Zhana Ivanova & Nicola Unger
Props & Costumes
Janneke Raaphorst
Light & Technique
Ingeborg Slaats
Production
Effie Baert & Esther Verhamme
Management
Hans Mets & Corine Snijders
Tour Management
Caravan Production
Production director Graz
Dominik Jutz
Production
Roland Gfrerer
Technical directors
Martin Schachner & Hermann Schapek
Thanks to
Mark Walraven, Esther Verhamme, Fenmei Hu, Mandy Xia, Frank Theys, Jacqueline Schoemaker, Andreas Bachmair, Effie Baert, Els Silvrants, Annemarie Montulet, Ivana, Xiang Wang, Lao Tao, Shi Xiaojuan, Pan Yong, Huang Wen, Mr. Yang, Peter Yang, Claude Pan & Tjy Liu
German-language Première
Thu 14/10, Fri 15/10 & Sat 16/10, 7.30 pm
80‘
16 / 10 €
Chinese language
Talk following the second performance
Dom im BergConcept, Text & Direction
Edit Kaldor
Assistant
Yen Yi Tzu
Language consultant
Xi Zeng
With
Nu Cheng Lu, Siping Yao, Aaron Fai Wan, Lesley Wang & Qi Feng Shang
Dramaturgical advice
Zhana Ivanova & Nicola Unger
Props & Costumes
Janneke Raaphorst
Light & Technique
Ingeborg Slaats
Production
Effie Baert & Esther Verhamme
Management
Hans Mets & Corine Snijders
Tour Management
Caravan Production
Production director Graz
Dominik Jutz
Production
Roland Gfrerer
Technical directors
Martin Schachner & Hermann Schapek
Thanks to
Mark Walraven, Esther Verhamme, Fenmei Hu, Mandy Xia, Frank Theys, Jacqueline Schoemaker, Andreas Bachmair, Effie Baert, Els Silvrants, Annemarie Montulet, Ivana, Xiang Wang, Lao Tao, Shi Xiaojuan, Pan Yong, Huang Wen, Mr. Yang, Peter Yang, Claude Pan & Tjy Liu