“We need to build a clown that speaks to our times, an archetype that reveals the essence of the performer. A clown that gives us a larger sense of the divine within us. That celebrates our humanity, our animality and the moments in which we can touch each other through laughter.”

Sue Morrison

 

In an apocalyptic world just after a volcano has erupted, where survival is everything and the next step an agonizing decision to be - or not to be - taken, the clown Agada Tchainik appears, inviting the audience to accompany her on her journey. The clown, using a masterful combination of improvisation and spoken text, transforms the audience into her loyal accomplice, resulting in a remarkable dialogue, unique to every performance. Pondering on anything from the washing-up to problems of the heart, Agada compulsively works her way through her own muddled mind, allowing her soul’s drama to painfully and ridiculously unfold.

 

Directed by Canadian clown Sue Morrison, renowned worldwide for her unique teaching of “Clown Through Mask”, that mixes North American Indian traditions of sacred clowning with that of the European clown.

 

Duration: 80 minutes

Age recommendation: 10 years and above

 

CREDITS

Created and written by: Naomi Silman and Sue Morrison

Performed by: Naomi Silman

Directed by: Sue Morrison

Lighting design: Eduardo Albergaria

Scenery construction and props: Abel Saavedra and Eduardo Albergaria

Graphic Design: Arthur Amaral

Videomaker: Alessandro Soave

Administrator: Giselle Bastos

Production: Leticia Abreu, LUME Teatro

 

Naomi Silman is a performer, clown and director with award-winning Brazilian theatre company LUME Teatro. Born in London, studied Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmith’s College and went on to develop her work with masters in physical theatre, clowning and butoh such as Philippe Gaulier, Jacques Lecoq, Sue Morrison and Tadashi Endo. In 1997 she joined LUME with whom she has travelled extensively throughout Brazil and around the world performing in over 20 countries and teaching workshops that transmit LUME’s practices and actor training. 

 

Founded in 1985, LUME Teatro has become a world reference in the research of the art of the actor. The company has performed in over 30 countries, spanning four continents and developed partnerships with theatre masters and practitioners from around the world. Winner of the Shell Award in 2013 for lifetime achievement, LUME Teatro have currently in their repertoire 10 shows in a variety of performative languages including physical theatre, clown, dance, Butoh, street theatre and large outdoor interventions. The company also maintains a strong teaching tradition sharing their extensive research into actor training through workshops, mentoring, technical demonstrations, international exchanges, theoretical reflection, book publications, lectures and itinerant projects that celebrate theatre as the art of meetings and encounters. LUME is a funded research centre within the University of Campinas.     

 

More on: www.lumeteatro.com.br

Short Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34l04nrnCo

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This show participation has support by resources from Fomento CULTSP, a program of the Government of the State of São Paulo, through the Secretariat of Culture, Economy and Creative Industries and the Aldir Blanc National Policy – PNAB, through the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Culture of Brazil.