ANYWHERE (FRANCE/USA)
Théâtre de l’Entrouvert and Chicago Puppet Fest
In this exquisite, landmark string-marionette work created by the French company Théâtre de l’Entrouvert, a marionette made of ice takes center stage.
Freely inspired by Henry Bauchau’s novel “Oedipus on the Road,” Anywhere evokes the long wandering of Oedipus accompanied by his daughter Antigone. The fallen Oedipus appears in the form of an ice puppet that gradually melts, then appears as mist and finally disappears in the forest, a place of clairvoyance.
Anywhere traces with gentleness and strength a poetic journey, in black and white, of fire and ice, which speaks to us about our bodies, our environment, our fragilities, and our wanderings in the infinite circle of renewal.
“It mystified me.” -New York Theatre
Length: 1 hour, no intermission
Touring Considerations: A fresh ice marionette will need to be frozen in molds overnight and assembled for every performance
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