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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVITIES
FESTIVAL 2016

Hallo

with Martin Zimmermann t ú

Scandinavian premiere
DEN NATIONALE SCENE STORE SCENE
DATE / TIME Thursday 26 May at 19:30
Friday 27 May at 18:00
DURATION 1:00
RECOMMENDED AGES All
TICKET Standard : 290 – 350 Under 30 : 150
Festival Card : 30 % discount
BT Fordel : 25 % discount
Absurd theatre meets slapstick comedy .
The set , which at first glance appears solid and static , comes to life , bringing Martin Zimmermann both opportunities and hindrances . The Swiss choreographer , set designer and clown manoeuvres himself through a landscape of constantly moving frames , boxes and lopsided rectangles . He alternately wears a long coat , a helmet , a bowler hat and a sheet , and occasionally takes time to do the vacuum cleaning . All in an attempt to find himself .
Objects come to life and fly around his head ; magic fills the room and erases the border between fantasy and reality . Finesse and choreography combine with a feeling of chaos and the impression that anything can go wrong at any time .
Martin Zimmermann has appeared on stage for over twenty years and in Hallo he loses contact with reality , mistakes himself for his own mirror image , folds himself up and becomes a piece of scenery . All the while balancing on the fine line between mastery and catastrophe .
Martin Zimmermann development , direction , set design , choreography , performance Sabine Geistlich dramaturgy Colin Vallon music Ingo Groher development , set design , technical concept Franziska Born costume design , costumes Eugénie Rebetez director / choreographer ’ s assistant Sammy Marchina lighting design Andy Neresheimer sound design and – direction Roger Studer development – stage manager Sarah Büchel development – stage director , technical production
Sponsored by PwC
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