The Journey
Venus Pop Grotto! / Anna Luka da Silva & Nora Ramakers
dates
Fri 13.03, 00:28
Fri 13.03, 00:28
location
BRONKS
duration
40 min.
language
EN
Info
“Humanity is a monstrous centaur. (…); he sees within himself something which is not himself, and which is stronger than himself.” – Joseph De Maistre
In The Journey Anna Luka takes us on a dark trip through her memories. With language inspired by the lyricism of Faust and the broken English of the Urban Dictionary she tackles images of her youth. Disguised as an unchancy vaudeville entertainer she scrapes up the debris and tries to get rid of it in a painfully cartoonish way. But her intention is not to forget. The Journey is a quest to transcend the suffering body. Because how else does a victim find its way out of victimhood?
Credits
concept, text & performance Anna Luka da Silva | directed by Nora Ramakers | artist portrait Tiny Geeroms | scene photos & trailer Anastasija Pirozenko | poster image Josephine van Schendel | production Venus Pop Grotto! | any thanks to Guilherme Miotto
Pers
Not only does Da Silva proves to be an excellent performer and director with a strong research
impulse, her stage text also shows a mature autonomous ability to make
—Jury Report TAZ#2019
Her ‘come to daddy’ is more terrifying than Jack Nicholson’s ‘Here’s Jimmy!’
—Theaterkrant