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SILVIA MERCURIALI
Nationality: British
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Silvia Mercuriali's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Dean Gibbons and the Knowledge of Death Doublethink Etiquette Five In the Morning WondermartDean Gibbons and the Knowledge of Death
Synopsis:
Based on the claims of evolutionary psychology and set amidst the twin threats of Peak Oil and Climate Change, this show combines expert physical theatre, delicate puppetry, fact-packed text and striking visual effects in a darkly comic work of social-science-fiction.
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part of Behaviour Festival. Performed And devised by Silvia Mercuriali And Matt Rudkin with direction by David Woods (Ridiculusmus). Produced by ArtsAgenda And funded by the Arts Council of England.
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Rotozaza produces a wholly unique theatrical experience by selecting performers-different every night and often non-professional-who simply agree to follow instructions, live and unrehearsed. For them, challenging audiences to distinguish professional actors from non-actors and rehearsed action from spontaneous reaction celebrates theater by identifying 'what can only be done live.' In Doublethink, two completely unrehearsed 'guest' performers follow instructions from a recorded voice with a divider between them. As a result, the performers can't see each other, yet the audience sees both sides. Warped and mischievous, Doublethink is a story-cum-experiment about freedom, the farce of self-knowledge and our preference, at times, to be told what to do. In 5 in the Morning, three willing 'guests' similarly take instructions from the loudspeakers of Aquaworld, an enormous swimming pool complex. Clothed in swimsuits and clutching towels, the participants do what they're told. At first hilarious and fun, their predicament transforms slowly into a strange and powerful reality.
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Press Release
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by Neil Bennun, Ant Hampton, Silvia Mercuriali
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Etiquette is a do-it-yourself performance for two people in a cafe or public space. Instructions via headphones tell participants what to say and do. With simple conversation, actions and miniature props, a magical event unfolds. A young woman and a philosopher lead you into situations that explore the private worlds shared between two people. the piece cleverly shifts the dynamics between you, your partner and the voices of your mysterious protagonists; exposing human communication as a kind of theatre in which 'audience' and 'actor' roles are subtly assumed and exchanged. You are totally immersed in the experience, aware yet unaware that you are the performance. Thought-provoking and emotionally immediate, Etiquette takes audience participation to an entirely new level.
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written And devised by Ant Hampton And Silvia Mercuriali
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Rotozaza
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30 min Piece
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Synopsis:
the swimming pool of life is not all it appears to be.
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created by Ant Hampton, Greg McLaren, Silvia Mercuriali, Melanie Wilson
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Rotozaza Theatre Company
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Top of PageWondermart
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Rotozaza's slyly suggestive Wondermart plunges you into the bustle of the supermarket. Pushing your trolley around with headphones issuing instructions, you find yourself watching the shoppers very hard, being told how to milk a cow by the dairy counter and contemplating shop-lifting. Suddenly you realise that you, the watcher, is being watched.
- Lyn gardner, Guardian
- Lyn gardner, Guardian
Notes:
Burst Festival Season Of New Work. Devised by Silvia Mercuriali
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- 2009
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Rotozaza
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