Homo Novus / Hello useless - for W and friends

International Festival of Contemporary Theatre "Homo Novus"

performance "Hello useless - for W and friends"

September 7, 8 at 20:00

Dirty Deal Teatro, Talsu street 1

1h20min

In English

Tickets - 15 EUR (10 EUR - Reduced price for students, seniors, people with disabilities)

 

Concept, direction & performance: Benny Claessens

Production: CAMPO
Co-production: NTGent

“Hello Useless” is a solo performance about stopping which attempts to be utterly meaningless.
In truth however, Claessens has created a radical, deeply touching portrait of an artist balancing between the need to be active and useful, and the desire to turn away and do nothing regarded as important in our society.
For this solo, Benny returns to the base. At once honest and intimate, exuberant and ecstatic, he creates moments of apparent meaning entirely out of context – simply presents them – and in doing so opens them and us to new interpretation. Without critique, judgement or grandstanding, his humble existence in front of three glittering letters JOY somehow stretches toward the essence of our humanity.

International Festival of Contemporary Theatre "Homo Novus" is the leading performing arts festival in Latvia and one of the biggest in the Baltic region. Festival takes place in Riga from September 6 till 12, 2018 and introduces audiences to both new and renowned artists that seek ways of expressing their views and opinions about the world and the society. Festival offers a range of performances as well as seminars, workshops and other activities.

www.homonovus.lv/eng/programme?s=useless

 
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