Ubu Roi

The political situation and the historical context of the world have become particularly sensitive and vibrant. The TODAY seems to be dangerous and unpredictable. Again, usurpers and tyrants have run rampant. And although those we know are now quite grown-up individuals playing in their sandboxes, new ones await in the hatcheries....

We are used to it... Wait, what does it mean by "we are used to it…"? Why do we like it so much and allow ourselves to be deluded by tyrants, by political stunts, by psychopaths. In the name of natural historical selection?

Our performance is created in a language that aspires to reinvent itself using the genotype given to it by the two theatres that co-created the project, Grupa Coincidentia and Chorea Theatre. Our linguistic DNA will therefore include the chromosomes of theatre of form, puppet theatre and radical punk rock theatre, prone to literalism and caricature, as well as movement theatre with its metaphors and poetics, able to narrate between words using the body and music. Live music is also part of this language, extending the theatre formula with a concert component.

Our intention is to make a radical gesture through theatre of form – juicy and driven by experimentation. Bold and committed. Alfred Jarry – the author and adopted father of the idea (adopted without explicit consent, as he died young in 1907), who caused unrest in his time with his work – is our inspiration and matchless model.

Age Restrictions: 15+

The performance was produced as a co-production between Coincidentia Group and Chorea Theatre.