Fores(t)empest
FORES(T)EMPEST
By Mariana Araoz is inspired by The Tempest by W. Shakespeare and La Flor de Ceibo, an argentinian folkstale
Fores(t)empest
Did you know that 40 million years ago the Baltic sea was a forest of birch trees, that today lies trapped under the sea between Sweden and its neighbours?
Follow the tale of Miranda, herself trapped on an island, with an overbearing father Prospero and a lump of precious amber, as she deliberates between 2 princes – one of them called Prince Caliban. Shadowed by a chorus of healers, led by the magic of the spirit Ariel, follow Miranda below the waves where she meets an alter ego Anahi, trapped inside a tree on the polluted seabed for the last 500 years…
Discover a tale of drowned slaves and self-liberation, a power struggle between nature and artifice, where only re-awakened memories and the discovery of a shared language will perhaps prove the way forward.
Fores(t)empest carries the audience on a dramatic thematic journey between land and sea, using Shakespearean, latin-american traditional fairy tales and modern text blended with puppetry, mime, physical theatre, song and dance, to create a folk tale of our time.
Written and directed by Mariana Araoz (Argentina/ Venezuela)
Set Designer, Costume Designer, masks, puppets and visual concept:
Marta Cicionesi (Italy)
Light design:
Casper Wijlhuizen (Sweden) Producer: Isabelle Canals (France)
Cast:
Corrado Di Lorenzo( Italy), Pelle Hanæus (Sweden), Nils Peder Holm (Sweden),
Boel Marie Larsson (Sweden), Nidia Martinez Barbieri (Argentine), Vanessa Poole (UK),
Emilie Strandberg (Sweden)
Boel Marie Larsson (Sweden), Nidia Martinez Barbieri (Argentine), Vanessa Poole (UK),
Emilie Strandberg (Sweden)
Partners:
Malmö: Bastionen, Skillinge Teater, La Maison de l’équilibre du Genre-France, Teaterhögskolan Malmö (working space for rehearsals), Playmate Theatre Malmö, Vanessa Poole Creative Consultancy, Region Skåne, City of Lund, Stenkrossen, Collectif Masque and HIT INTERNATIONAL THEATRE ARTS.