At the crossroads between now and later…. A woman and her newborn baby make their way through a destroyed world. The landscape around her is saturated with hills of deep blue grit. She takes step after step, not knowing exactly which path she is taking, but determined to keep moving.
Blue hour is a journey of discovery into what lives within us that we can use to shape a new future.In response to today's society, Blue Hour explores the foundations on which a new world can be built in an intuitive, physical and sensory way. Blue Hour invites you to descend deeper into your body and feel the emotions that often go unused in our fast-paced Western world. The performance questions how we want shape the future? What role do you have in this changing world and what is your responsibility as an individual and to those who come after us? It was inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, with a beautiful text written by Jibbe Willems.
die poging the attempt
het gaat om de poging It's about the attempt
zonder de poging hebben we niks Without the attempt we have nothing
dan geven we op then we give up
The light design focused on creating a clear sense of place for a text that continually moves between past and present. The light invites the audience to follow and by the end of the piece, to join the journey of a woman into the blue …
Ïn a decor van halve, afgebrokkelde muren, omgevallen stoeltjes en een matrasje op de grond zien we een overgang van binnen naar buiten, beklemming naar bevrijding en ademgebrek naar ademruimte.
In a decor of half crumbled wall, fallen chairs and. a mattress on the floor, we see a transition from inside to outside, contraction to liberation, tightness of breath to breathing space.
Theaterkrant
Regisseur Liliane Brakema
Spel Alejandra Theus
Tekst Jibbe Willems
Dramaturgie Florian Hellwig
Regie assistent Ryan van der Elst
Compositie Helge Slikker
Dans / beweging Maria Ribas
Lichtontwerp vinny jones
Decorontwerp Django Walon
Kostuumontwerp Dieuweke van Reijs
Techniek Casper Vriens
Scenefoto’s Karin Jonkers
Blue Hour premiered 1 March, 2024, Verkadefabriek Den Bosch.
