FOOLS’ PARADISE
Inspired by the art of Michael Kvium
Inspired by a deep artistic conversation with both the grotesque universe and Michael Kvium himself, the award-winning stage director, Giacomo Ravicchio, brings the characters to life and creates a skin-toningly honest and tragicomic caricature of a society where deeply lonely people haughtily carry themselves forward with egosim, self-staging, greed, and lust for power. Like the works of art, this performance also resembles life itself. Helped by laughter, we can freely reflect on the exaggerated creatures and their absurd actions, recognize ourselves and each other in them and understand how their anger and malice hide lostness and fear of being overlooked and pushed out of the community.
Fools’ Paradise is a new co-production between Meridiano Teatret, Operaen i Midten and ZeBU.
From 14 years
Duration 70 min.
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CREDITS
| Co-production | Meridiano Teatret, Operaen i Midten, ZeBU |
| Director, playwright and scenography | Giacomo Ravicchio |
| Cast | Lars Begtrup, Therese Glagn, Jan Overgaard Mogensen, Karin Norrinder, Serafín Ziquer Xavier |
| Composer and sound designer | Jérôme Baur |
| Lighting designer | Martin Danielsen |
| Artistic consultant | Michael Kvium |
| Dramaturgical consultant | Elise Müller |
| Choreographic consultant | Jørgen Carlslund |
| Translation | Elise Müller, Henriette Zichau Hertz |
| Costume designer | Karin Ørum |
| Tailor | Anne Jørgensen |
| Puppeteer | Katrine Karlsen |
| Production manager | Nicole Johansen |
| Workshop | Steen Molls |
| Technician | Nicolai Micallef, Steen Molls, Katja Andreassen |
| Photography | Ditte Valente |
“MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH MICHAEL KVIUM’S ART HAPPENED IN FRONT OF AN EXHIBITION POSTER ON THE STREETS OF HORSENS ON A RANDOM DAY ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, SHORTLY AFTER I HAD JUST MOVED TO DENMARK FROM ITALY.”
– Director Giaccomo Ravicchio
SUPPORTERS
| Statens Kunstfond |
| Dansk Skuespillerforbund |
| Dansk Tennis Fond |
| William Demant Fonden |
| Knud Højgaards Fond |
| A.P. Møller Fonden |
| Augustinusfonden |
| Wilhelm Hansen Fonden |
| Hoffmann og Husmans Fond |
| Beckett-Fonden |
| Louis-Hansen Fonden |