Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté (BE)

Inspired by the world of German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, the performance explores the unsettling inner lives of characters haunted by the manic memory of a previous existence. The figures appear behind a trompe-l’œil wall perforated by windows, creating tableaux vivants in an atmosphere dominated by humour, eroticism and mystery. Adam and Eve, entwined by the serpent, pass the apple to each other, the beautiful Judith, the cardinal with the fish and other figures from the Renaissance, the Bible and mythology appear and disappear again.

“The Latest Hallucinations of Lucas Cranach the Elder” is a complete re-creation of the play, which premiered in January 1990 at the De Synagoge theatre in Tilburg (Netherlands), toured Europe for almost 25 years and was already shown at the international figuren.theatre.festival in Erlangen and Nuremberg in 1997. In the meantime, our relationship to images and the world has changed dramatically, intimacy is slowly disappearing and social networks are flattening the details of our thoughts and actions. To mark the 40th stage anniversary of the Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté, a classic of visual theatre is now returning to the festival and taking a new look at the symbols and images of our time.

In Nuremberg, Mossoux-Bonté’s latest production “Ophelia-s” will be presented at the Tafelhalle.

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