Eraritjaritjaka

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Event Eraritjaritjaka
Venue The Opera House (1977-), Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
Umbrella Event New Zealand International Arts Festival 2006
First Date 24 February 2006
Opening Date 24 February 2006
Last Date 26 February 2006
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The hit of the 2004 Edinburgh International Festival, Eraritjaritjaka is an enigmatic and magical piece of European theatre from one of Germany's leading directors, Heiner Goebbels. In an exquisite exploration of identity and self, artificiality and reality, Goebbels laters words, images, and music to manipulate the audience's experience of time and space. This is heightened by the use of real-time video and the onstage performance of the superb Mondriaan Quartet, playing a score that encompasses the work of composers from Bach to Goebbels himself. Working with a text assembled from fragments of writing by Nobel Prize-winning author and critic Elias Canetti, French actor André Wilms sets out on an intriguing journey that will leave audiences stunned. Goebbels' previous works, including Hashirigaki, Black on White, and Max Black, have toured extensively to universal acclaim, and Eraritjaritjaka inspired a reviewer at The Scotsman to declare that performance of Goebbels' work "should be mandatory every festival." This is your opportunity to experience a truly absorbing piece of theatre that defies definition.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Music
Visual Theatre
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Heiner Muller Composer
Heiner Muller Creator
Heiner Muller Director
Klaus Grunberg Lighting Designer
Andre Wilms Performer
Klaus Grunberg Set Designer
Bruno Deville Video Artist
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Switzerland
Production Nationality Germany
Switzerland
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme 2006 New Zealand International Arts Festival programme
Event Identifier 156072
Dataset AusStage