A war between two isolated families in inhospitable Siberia. A musical contest that will lead its performers to exhaustion. Kingdom and One song, the Belgian shows most acclaimed by critics and audiences at the Avignon Festival, arrive at the Teatre Lliure with four performances in one week.
This Friday and Saturday, in the Fabià Puigserver Hall on Montjuïc, Kingdom will be represented, the story of two families who, isolated in the Siberian nature in search of peace, enter into a war caused by mistrust and resentment.
A filmmaker infiltrates one of the families to witness "their uncertain future, caused by the tragedies that adults play on each other," explains director Anne-Cécile Vandalem.
"As in most of my shows, the music, composed by Pierre Kissling and Vincent Cahay, will play a very important role", details the director. From the creaking of the trees to dripping water will be treated and reinterpreted live by a musician in the room.
This fable, inspired by Braguino, by Clément Cogitore, in turn narrates the impossibility of living in peace from the perspective of children, terrified of their future in the midst of wild, hostile and dangerous nature.
The filmmaker Miet Warlop, who had already presented Mystery Magnet and After All Springville at the Teatre Lliure, premieres One Song on April 6 and 7, a musical contest co-produced by the Teatre Lliure.
The play is set in a sports club where twelve performers are preparing for a concert. From sport each musician finds the motivation to rehearse and experience their physical limits to exhaustion.
A violinist dances on a balance beam, or a singer exercises on a treadmill. Each performer offers a physical and musical performance, encouraged by a cheerleader and a commentator while a metronome marks order and tempo within the chaos.
"What I want is for the energy that explodes on stage to transcend the border between the stage and the room, and for the exorcizing nature of the repetition of a gesture or a feeling to be projected and shared among the spectators", concludes Warlop.
