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BIRGIT SCHREYER DUARTE
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Das Ding (The Thing) Kaspar & the Sea Of Houses (Kaspar Hauser Meer) Test, The (Die Probe)Das Ding (The Thing)
Synopsis:
When the African Siwa is talked into using sustainable methods of cotton cultivation by a Swiss aid worker, it helps two young Chinese businesspeople to make a success of their first start-up. But when their trade in soya beans begins to falter, this has an impact on Romanian pig-breeders, which in turn has direct consequences for the marriage of Europeans Katrin and Thomas. Meanwhile, 'the thing', a cotton ball, journeys over oceans and through cities amazed by the wheelings and dealings of humanity. In a world where everything is connected with everything else, characters are driven by their yearning for the inexplicable, the magic moment, the great love, in Philipp Lohle's moving and humorous observation on our globalised world.
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StoneCrabs and Tanja Pagnuco
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Top of PageKaspar & the Sea Of Houses (Kaspar Hauser Meer)
Synopsis:
Three exhausted Children's aid workers fight against an ever-growing pile of cases: babies must be removed from garbage-filled apartments, a feuding immigrant family reined in, the return of seven kids to their abusive parents prevented and single mothers taught how to run their households. To catch up, they speak in truncated language, piling new thoughts upon unfinished ones, only to get stuck even deeper in the pitfalls of paragraphs, moral obligation, failed judgment and hidden self-interests. Helpers are bound to turn into culprits. It becomes increasingly challenging for the social workers to keep the voices of others out of their own, fragmented speeches. Times and places collapse into each other, cause and effect become one, borders between clients and caretakers begin to blur. Felicia Zeller wrote Kaspar Hauser Meer as a commission for Freiburg theatre in 2008, as a response to the so-called "Kevin case"-the discovery of a two-year old boy's body in his stepfather's fridge. the public had been particularly appalled by this case when it became known that Child Welfare had been monitoring the family for a while and was aware of the child's unsafe situation. Zeller tackled this sensitive subject not by putting the victims or the offenders in the centre of the action but by zooming in on the many social workers that struggle day by day to prevent such disasters. To this day, the play has received over 30 professional productions across Germany.
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Original Playwright - Felicia Zeller. Available through: AO International www.aoiagency.com. First Production Co-Directed by Birgit Schreyer Duarte And David Jansen
1st Produced:
Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto 04 Aug 2011
Organisations:
twinwerks / SummerWorks Theatre Festival, Toronto
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translation Drama/comedy
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Synopsis:
the Test is about a paternity test that a young Father undertakes to dispel the nagging doubt that his beloved toddler son may in fact not be his own. the play raises questions about the definition of fatherhood and family, of community and belonging, and questions the meaning of truth and authenticity. Barfuss's witty exploration of what the paternity test means for today's family - and, on a deeper level, what happens when we allow science to act as our only barometer of truth - will have you on the edge of your seat, and thinking deeply about the ties that bind us to those we love. It carries real pain, private and public. It can also be, in Birgit Schreyer Duarte's excellent translation, laughout-loud funny, even if its audience may not always feel much like laughing. Robert Cushman, National Post
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Original Playwright - Lukas Barfuss. Available through: Alan Brodie Representation www.alanbrodie.com. First Production Directed by Jason Byrne
1st Produced:
Canadian Stage, Berkeley St Theatre, Toronto 03 Nov 2011
Organisations:
Company Theatre / Canadian Stage, Toronto
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translation Drama/comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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