Performance of “Hotel Paradiso” at International Experimental Theatre Festival 2016
16 and 17 Nov 2016, 8 pm
Wed 16 Nov 2016, 8 pm
Thu 17 Nov 2016, 9.30 am
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi
From Goethe Institut:
This is a German contribution to the International Theater Festival.
Strange things happen at the traditional Hotel Paradiso that is managed with some difficulty by an old lady and her family. The son dreams of his great love while fighting his sister in his effort to gain control of the hotel. Meanwhile, the maid is in the habit of stealing the hotel guests’ valuables, and the cook chops up much more than just pork. A first corpse turns up causing all the hotel’s staff and guests to get mixed up in a turmoil of fatal events. Dark abysses open up between the dizzy heights, threatening to devour all of the protagonists. The hotel’s decline seems to be inevitable, since corpses are always bad for business…
‘Hotel Paradiso’ – the German contribution to the International Experimental Theatre Festival Hanoi – is characterized by black humour with a hint of melancholy. The original piece premiered in 2006. The current version with a new cast was performed for the first time in 2008 at the theatre Stuttgart and since then has been invited to many festivals, e.g. the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015.
The theatre group Familie Flöz, since 2001 based in Berlin, is well-known for their non-verbal mask theatre. Their productions are regularly performed at the theatres Stuttgart and Duisburg and on stages worldwide. So far, Familie Flöz played in 34 countries and received a number of awards, among them the Off Critic Prize, Festival d’Avignon and the Monica-Bleibtreu-Prize.
Watch a trailer of ‘Hotel Paradiso’, with the performance of the theatre group Familie Flöz here:
The third International Experimental Theatre Festival in Hanoi takes place from November 12 to 19 in Hanoi. It’s a space for experimental exchange between Vietnamese and international artists.
Production by: Familie Flöz, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Theater Duisburg
A Play by: Sebastian Kautz Anna Kistel Thomas Rascher Frederik Rohn Hajo Schüler Michael Vogel Nicolas Witte
With: Anna Kistel / Marina Rodriguez Llorente / Melanie Schmidli Matteo Fantoni / Sebastian Kautz Daniel Matheus / Frederik Rohn Fabian Baumgarten / Thomas Rascher / Nicolas Witte
Direction: Michael Vogel
Masks: Thomas Rascher, Hajo Schüler
Set Design: Michael Ottopal
Costumes: Eliseu R. Weide
Sound Design: Dirk Schröder
Light Design: Reinhard Hubert
Sound Design: Florian Mönks / Thomas Wacker
Lighting: Sylvain Faye / Max Rux
Graphics: Silke Meyer
Artistic Assistence: Stefan Lochau
Production Management: Gianni Bettucci
Production Assistant: Dorén Grafendorf
UPDATE ON LANGUAGES:
– The play will be performed in German with simultaneous Vietnamese and English translation
– Headphones to hear the Vietnamese translation will be provided upon request
Free tickets are available from 9 am Fri 11 Nov 2016 at Goethe Institut.
