The 8.Colombo International Theater Festival organized by InterAct Art from the 4th – 9th August 2019 is bringing a diverse range of 18 theater performances from Sri Lanka, Germany, India, Austria, Pakistan, USA, Iran and Romania to the freshly renovated stage of the historic Elphinstone Theatre in Maradana. Accompanying the performance program is the characteristic Theater Forum, that will convene the directors of the present plays discussing The Global Theater – Present and Future in the Hall of the Goethe-Institut and a series of workshops hosted at the Indian Cultural Center.
The Goethe-Institutes is happy to contribute the German Theatre piece
"Anziehsachen" to the Festival.
"Anziehsachen"
© Melanie Florschütz, Michael Döhnert
A man and a woman. A record player. A large bag, out of which wonderful material is gushing. A washing line. This is all that is required for this play which, in a gentle way, brings the smallest of children in contact with the art form of theatre. And all sorts of things happen in this play, so that even this special audience finds it exciting: 2 very different people try to fit together, they test their limits, they dare to go forth ever more. They sing together, they dance, and they tease each other.
With all of their senses and all the clothes they have to wear, they try out each other. Over and over again, the two players exhaust the possibilities of play and transformation and discover the world – just like their audience do day for day! Here, special focus is placed on the beauty and tenderness of the manifold encounters on the stage.
Songs from Henry Purcell’s Baroque opera “The Fairy Queen”, sung in English, create an outlandish and mysterious, floating atmosphere.
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