at Baltic Circle - International Theatre Festival
Borborygmus – or fragments of thoughts and feelings about life, death and the digestive system. Apparently, it is about disillusion and failure; about three human beings, three artists, who have surrendered to the sad reality of today. But in fact, it is an attempt to grasp our failure and push it to its extreme, as an ultimate form of resistance. Fiercely, but without rancor, Mazen Kerbaj, Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué perform a score about the world today, a black comedy, a requiem for the living.
Mazen Kerbaj (Berlin) is a comic artist, visual artist and musician. As a trumpet player, Kerbaj pushes the sonic boundaries of his instrument, forging a singular sound and innovative musical language.
Lina Majdalanie (Beirut, formerly known as Lina Saneh) is an actress, director and playwright. In her works, Majdalanie explores the violent and mutual impact of political acts and speech on the body.
Rabih Mroué (Berlin) is a theatre director, actor, visual artist and playwright working at the interface of performance and visual arts. Mroué’s productions are distinguished with a unique connection between aesthetic and political research and they frequently combine everyday real material with self-created fictive narration. His performance Riding on a Cloud was presented at Baltic Circle in 2016.
Light and sound design, technical management: Thomas Köppel
Light: Arno Truschinski
English translation: Ziad Nawfal
Music of the first scene: "La Forza Del Destino - Ouverture" von Giuseppe Verdi
Special thanks to Samir Khaddaj
Commissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Coproduction: Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Wiener Festwochen
Promoted by the alliance of international production houses by the commissioner of the Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien and the office of Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Beirut.
Organized by:
Espoo City Theatre in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Finnland
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