Invited by the NOVÁ SIT network and the Festival MALA INVENTURA in the Regions we go on tour in Czech Republic in September 2015 with
FREAKSHOW - THE BEST IN TOWN
Idea, Performance, Scenography / Sabine Köhler, Heiki Ikkola
Music / Daniel Williams (Frieder Zimmermann)
Light / Josia Werth
A panopticum of surrealistic beings.
“Freakshow” from Dresden was the sparkling
final showpiece of the “2. Witzfigurenfestival”.
Susanne Memberg: For a very entertaining, funny
and at the same time horrific hour Sabine Köhler and Heiki Ikkola abducted the
audience into the fantastic world of physical absurdities. From the very first
second the spectators were spellbound by this ‘revue of acts’ that follows the
model of the spine-chilling cabinets of curiosities at European fairgrounds of
yesteryear. Here the full impact of the images moved into center stage. Again
and again the two protagonists transformed by means of costumes, masks and
contortion in unbelievable, fantastic characters and designed a shocking
‘panopticum’ of surrealistic creatures that one knows - if at all - only from
the paintings of Magritte: the counterconcept of the mermaid - around the top
fish , below bare human arse. A cheekily dancing and love-driven wolf man, who
is finally being castrated by the elephant man. The levitating virgin. A giant
cricket during lovemaking. Bizarre small-growns, woman with twisted heads and a
new-born who turns out to be a devilish, evil, scolding big-mouthed bastard.
This “Freakshow” deserves its name - and its subtitle on top of everything. It was
well-rounded, very artistic, joyful, imaginative - simply breathtaking.” / “Westfälische Allgemeine” - Herne, Germany
19/09/2015 - Valdstejnska Lodzie Jicin
20/09/2015 - Johann Centrum / Moving Station Plzen
25 - 26/09/2015 - Divadlo 29 Pardubice
28/09/2015 - Venuše ve Švehlovce Praha
29/09/2015 - Divadlo Na Sucky Olomouc
