CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
Savant of the New Circus, artist of movement, Switzerland's Martin Zimmermann has travelled the world with his latest show achieving extraordinary success. In Hallo, Martin creates a character with the body of an articulated doll and the agility of a contortionist, a naive and clumsy guy, who makes others laugh unintentionally, that lives inside a small wooden box leaving it to inhabit a scene akin to a warehouse showroom. The set and the objects therein have a life of their own using every opportunity to play tricks on him, leaving him embroiled in embarrassing, uncomfortable and funny situations.
Hallo results from the multiple shocks between Man and his various personalities. Martin thus tried to bring life to the multiple ways of being oneself; with its dramaturgy he tried to delicately sketch a life.
Hallo results from the multiple shocks between Man and his various personalities. Martin thus tried to bring life to the multiple ways of being oneself; with its dramaturgy he tried to delicately sketch a life.
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Concept, direction, stage design, choreography and performance Martin ZimmermannDramaturgy Sabine GeistlichDevelopment - stage design, technical project manager Ingo GroherMusic creation Colin VallonDirection & choreography assistance Eugénie RebetezCostume design Franziska BornLight design Sammy MarchinaSound design Andy NeresheimerCreation - stage manager (extra) Roger StuderCreation - stage direction Sarah BüchelGeneral stage manager Roger StuderLight direction Jérôme BuecheStage direction Sarah BüchelSound direction Franck BourgoinAdministration and booking Alain VuignierInternational producer Claire BéjaninCo-presentation Culturgest, Teatro Viriato and Centro Cultural Vila FlorProduction Verein Zimmermann & de PerrotCoproduction Châteauvallon - Centre National de Création et Diffusion Culturelles, Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne - scène nationale de l'Oise en préfiguration, KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, La Filature, scène nationale - Mulhouse, Le Merlan, scène nationale à Marseille avec Pôle Cirque Méditerranée (CREAC de Marseille, Théâtre Europe, La Seyne sur Mer), Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Maillon - Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, Migros Kulturprozent, Theater Casino Zug, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Zürcher Theater SpektakelWith support of Ernst Göhner StiftungThanks to Schauspielhaus ZüricFinal rehearsals at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, premiere 4th November 2014. Zimmermann & de Perrot are supported by a cooperative contract of support between city of Zurich, Canton Zurich and Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council.
© Augustin Rebetez
© Augustin Rebetez