Under The Weather
- a redreaming of The Tempest by THISISLE
Photo: Kaja Mærk Egeberg
UNDER THE WEATHER is a reflection, a play and commentary on
The Tempest and its occurrent themes of colonialism, gender and power relations. It is re-dreaming the classic, and takes a critical look into Western/Eurocentric perception of the world and its theatre tradition, presenting a bold response to it from today’s perspective. Under the Weather urge to decentralizes the point of view of whose perspective The Tempest is read from.
Developed through THISISLES own devising method the post-dramatic dramaturgy shows itself as waving between form and transformation, emphasizing the moments in-between. Different figures will appear and change by the means of sound, light, and bodies performed in a non-linear dramaturgy. New imagination is revealed when slippages occur; visions of twisted power structures, strange virgin bodies, carnevalistique hybrid genders. We are on path of never arriving, but always becoming.
UNDER THE WEATHER is stuck on an island with nothing but an old electric organ and lumps of tree. We draw inspiration from both very expressive genres like cabaret, burlesque and commedia dell'arte and performance art, searching for performative elements that “does something” to a body and to the space. Dark ocean, collapse of the conscious mind and erotic apocalypse are weaved in to the dramaturgy.
Thank you K60/ Østfold Kulturutvikling for hosting us in their Residens programme May- July 2019.
THIS ISLE consists of :
Rasmus Stenager Jensen (1990) - Danish performer educated from Norwegian Theater Academy (June 2018) . Has a background in the sensorial theatre field mainly with the Spanish based Teatro De Los Sentidos with whom he worked in shows such as Oraculos and Weaving Gothenburg.
Kaja Mærk Egeberg (1989) - Norwegian performer educated from Norwegian Theatre Academy (June 2018). Before her studies she was engaged in several Human Specific performances with Theatre Cantabile 2, in Denmark, and she is part of the music duo Oak and Shaw.
Felipe Osorio-Guzmán (1990) - Colombian scenographer educated from Norwegian Theatre Academy (June 2018). Before starting his studies in Norway has been working as Assistant Scenographer in Bogotá with Mapa Teatro on Orfeo (2014) and with Colegio del Cuerpo on 7 Visions of the Amén (2013).
Mari Pitkänen (1988) - Finnish performer (Norwegian Theatre Academy, 2018) and Theatre Instructor (Centria University of Applied Sciences, 2012). She is one of the founding members of Vaara Kollektiivi, has background of making performance arts for kids through various medias, such as Pikku Kakkonen -tv series. She currently lives and works in Fredrikstad.