DEEP WIVES, SHALLOW ANIMALS

written by Howard BARKER
DEEP WIVES, SHALLOW ANIMALS
Author: Howard BARKER
Director: Patrick Verchueren
Actors: Delphine Ledoux, Natasha Mashkevich - Sarah's Key (Elle 's appelait Sarah), Bruno Rochette
Music: Ilya Mashkevich
Producer: Roberto de Matos
Assistant Producer/ Layout: Gunnar Jaekel
Das Blatt hat sich gewendet - Gräfin Strassa steht unter Hausarrest, die Bediensteten haben die Macht in ihrem prächtigen Palast übernommen, und sie erwartet die tiefste Erniedrigung: der Mann ihrer Zofe wird ihr neuer Herr.
Zwei Frauen voller Abneigung, Rivalität, aber auch unerwarteter Komplizenschaft. Dialoge, die direkt ins Herz schneiden, um dort auf Begierde, Frustration und das Bedürfnis nach einem letzten Rest von Würde zu stoßen. - Autor Howard Barker, Altmeister des kompromißlosen Theaters, nennt seine radikalen Annäherungen an die klassische Tragödie "Theatre of Catastrophe". In seinem neuesten Stück zeichnet er die seltsame Beziehung zwischen zwei Frauen, voller Abneigung, Rivalität aber auch unerwarteter Komplizenschaft. Seine Dialoge sind so scharf wie eh und je - Rasiermesser, die direkt ins Herz schneiden, um dort auf Begierde, Frustration und das Bedürfnis nach einem letzten Rest von Würde zu stoßen.
“By dignity I mean the prospect of a terrible indecency” Howard Barker
House arrest in her own home, once magnificent but now ravaged by a mysterious change whose the destructive impact continues to be felt, the Countess Strassa is now subject to the authority of those who, until recently, were her servants. We will never know the exact nature of the event which has produced such a change; at best can we measure the effects. The question posed by the new situation is not about the reversal of power relations – it‟s already done - but of exceeding them, that is to say the appropriation of the other, body of the other, that Howard Barker defines by bluntly erotic terms: what is required of Strassa, is that she consents to be owned by the husband of her former maid. Abject perspective in the physical absence of the husband that makes the two women create a strange relationship of antipathy, rivalry, but also unexpected complicity, and gives rise to a tense dialogue, powerful, sharp as a razor, which opened excavation at the heart of the human and uncovers what makes it beat: desire, frustration, thirst for dignity.
Natasha MASHKEVICH (Strassa)
Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Brussels, she continued her training with J. Waltzer, S. Lastreto, B. Rabey, N. Klein, M. Monnier, F. Fonteyne ... Of Russian origin, speaking 5 languages, Natasha plays in Belgium led by Ch Delmotte in "Ahmed the philosopher" of A. Badiou, by D. Bisconti in "Chair Amour" of V. Haim, by P. Plume in "the Seagull" of A. Chekhov, B. Marbaix in "Hernani"of V. Hugo ...
Delphine LEDOUX (Card)
After five years spent at the academy of drama where she learnt how to act, dance, sing, and play, Delphine Ledoux was hired to perform in the musical “Machination” by Thierry Jamard, a musical that would tour for two years. Besides, she carried on her acting training at the Creation and Theatre school with Alain Knapp (ex-director of the TNS & la Rue Blanche Teacher) and integrated the Studio 34 (Philippe Brigaud and Claude Mathieu creation).
Premiere: 4. November 2010 um 20 Uhr
weitere Vorstellungen: 5. bis 7. November 2010 jeweils um 20 Uhr
im ACUD-Theater, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
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