VAI VIA
Poetic and musical history of life's ups and downs
Rita is an old woman who lives on the street in a converted double bass box. In the box she hides an alarm clock, her dentures and a picture of her children. Every night she kisses them goodnight before going to sleep in the safe cavity of the double bass box. During the day she trudges around the streets of the big city, and although she is often scolded and chased away, she never gives up hope of finding a quiet place to sleep at night.
How did she end up there, why is she always seen with a smile on her face, what was her life like? And is it true that she was once the country’s most famous female jazz double bassist?
Vai via is a co-production by Xirriquiteula Teatre (Catalonia) and ZeBU, which uses mimicry, quirky objects and lots of music to tell the moving story of her life.
From 6 years
Tour Dates Tour upon request
Duration 50 min.
Contact tour-coordinator
Henriette Kudsk
+45 71 99 88 77
henriette@zebu.nu
TOUR SPECS
| Price for performance | 12.000 (excl. VAT) |
| Audience capacity | 100 |
| Height | 400 cm |
| Length | 800 cm |
| Depth | 800 cm |
| Including audience | No |
| Power | 230 V (10A) |
| Set up time | 150 min. |
| Tear down time | 90 min. |
| Blackout | Yes |
PURCHASE OF WORKSHOP
Purchasing a workshop includes an introduction before the performance and a subsequent workshop with one of ZeBU’s skilled theatre educators. The workshop typically lasts one 1,5 hours and costs DKK 2,200. This is agreed directly with ZeBU. Contact Henriette Kudsk at henriette@zebu.nu or phone 71 99 88 77.
CREDITS
| Co-production | Xirriquiteula Teatre (Catalonia) and ZeBU |
| Original idea | Iolanda Llansó |
| Playwright | Marc van der Velden, Iolanda Llansó, Daniel Carreras |
| Director | Marc van der Velden |
| Cast | Iolanda Llansó |
| Composer | Lola Ybran |
| Composer for “Cançó d’Amor” and “Mort” | Dani Espasa |
| Recording musicians | Dani Espasa, Lola Ybran, Bernat Garcés, Marc Marcet, Martí Fleta |
| Sound designer and production | Daniel Carreras, Jero Castellà, Sergi Duarte |
| Consultant movement | Bea Vergés |
| Ligting designer | Daniel Carreras |
| Scenographer and costume designer | Iolanda Llansó |
| Set design | Marc Costa |
| Sewing room |
Christián Olivé, Mireia Cardús
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| Pop-up objects | Christian Olive |
| Technician | Ricard Pons |
| Director assistent | Marc Costa |
| Danish voice-over | Julie Riis (stemme), Lotte Faarup (oversættelse), Magnus Hansen (indspilning) |
| Catalan voice-over |
Montse Puga
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| Photographer |
Cornelius Qvist
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»IOLANDA LLANSÓ PORTRAITS WITH AWARENESS AND SWEETNESS THE ELDERLY WOMAN RITA, WHO IN MARC VAN DER VELDEN’S SUCCESSFULLY MINIMALIST AND INTENSITY-FOCUSED STAGE OF ZEBU AND XIRRIQUITEULA THEATER’S CO-PRODUCTION VAI VIA LEADS US THROUGH HER ENTIRE STRESSFUL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HAPPY COURSE.«
»A MASTERPIECE (…) GREAT ACCOUNT, PRECISE AND COHERENT OF THE MANY FACES OF ONE PERSON’S LIFE.«
– Toni Rumbau, Putxinelli (Catalonien)