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The Dood Paard Theatre Company

Source : Théâtre de la Bastille (http://www.theatre-bastille.com)

Apparence :

DOOD PAARD Metteur en scène

Texte : The Dood PaardTheatre Company


In 1993 Kuno Bakker, Manja Topper and Oscar van Woensel, all recently graduated actors, founded the Dood Paard Theatre Company. In the last ten years, the company has gained a prominent avant-garde rating in the Dutch theatre scene. To date their diverse achievements include thirty-three productions, several TV films and a TV series. Although they number only four resident actors (the forth is Gillis Biesheuvel) and regular guest actors, the group can be termed a-repertoire company since its productions are often re-staged - former pieces are performed in conjunction with current work.

Dood Paard's method of working is a collective process, there is no director - actors collaborate with a technician and sometimes a deejay in trying out stage formulas. The limits of theatrical possibility are explored and emotional extremes are studied. Unity of time and place is taken literally so that performances are often relevant to current events. Universal themes are tackled with a characteristic lightness and exuberant energy that show humor to be one of the group's most important weapons, alternated with irony and bitterness. A performance by Dood Paard is an event in itself, a unique experience.
The actors toy with their roles, interpreting them very freely, to the extent that distinctions between different characters sometimes become blurred. At a certain point, the text may sound autobiographical - improvised on the spot, while later the actor may present the same character as a stereotype, a puppet speaking in quotations. These switches are invariably unpredictable and ambiguous.

In essence, Dood Paard is a company that is not afraid to take risks and court danger, a group of actors who create stimulating and challenging works of theatre that can captivate an audience.



Source Externe : Théâtre de la Bastille


Inséré le : 08/11/2004 00:00