Theater | Contemporary Circus | Solo Show
Hallo
Martin Zimmermann
Swiss choreographer, scenographer, and consummate clown Martin Zimmermann (Hans was Heiri, 2013 Next Wave) maneuvers a landscape of boxes, frames, and precarious parallelograms in search of himself. Somewhere between Beckett and Buster Keaton, Hallo pits shape-shifting human against animate architecture, teetering on the threshold between collapse and order. Changing between trench coat, helmet, bowler, and shroud, while periodically stopping to vacuum, Zimmermann breaks walls and breaches skylights as his surroundings ceaselessly remodel themselves in sculptural echoes of his own creative mind.
Concept, direction, choreography, and stage design by Martin Zimmermann
Dramaturgy by Sabine Geistlich
Composed by Colin Vallon
Costume design by Franziska Born
Light design by Sammy Marchina
Sound design by Andy Neresheimer
Produced by Verein Zimmermann & de Perrot
Coproduced with Châteauvallon – Centre National de Création et Diffusion Culturelles; Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne - Scène nationale de l’Oise en prefiguration; KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg; La Filature, Scène nationale – Mulhouse; Le Merlan, scène nationale à Marseille avec le 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 culture percentage; Theater Casino Zug; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; Zürcher Theater Spektakel. With support of Ernst Göhner Stiftung. Thanks to Schauspielhaus Zürich. Final rehearsal and premiere at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
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