WE LOVE AFRICA AND AFRICA LOVES US
October 18, 19, 20, 2012
07pm – duration 2h30
Inkonst Malmö (SE)
Tickets: Kulturcentralen
A theatre piece about post colonial fantasies of omnipotence and european family structures
Their first collaboration, “Conte d’Amour” was awarded “best off-theatre piece at the Impulse Festival 2011. The piece by Markus Öhrn and the Nordic theater groups “Institutet” and “Nya Rampen” guested 2012 at Berliner theatertreffen, Vienna Festival, Festival d’Avignon and toured all over Europe. Now they present the continuation of the piece: “We love Africa and Africa loves us”. The premiere was on October 5th, 2012 at Ballhaus Ost Berlin as part of “Foreign Affairs”, the new festival of Berliner Festspiele.
Direction / Stage Markus Öhrn Script / Research Anders Carlsson Music Andreas Catjar Costumes / Props Pia Aleborg Props Oskar Nilsson Technical Direction Volker M. Schmidt (Ballhaus Ost) Technique Patrick Tucholski Production Alexa Graefe (Institutet), Tina Pfurr (Ballhaus Ost) Artistic Coordination Pamela Schlewinski Press Yven Augustin
With: Elmer Bäck, Anders Carlsson, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, Andreas Catjar