VRIJ / FREEVRIJ / FREEIn a black and white world, two characters are moving fast and choreographically: They continue to perform the same short movie of their everyday life, locked inside a cinema screen.
Outside, in a colorful reality, two musicians play the soundtrack and create the sound effects of every single silent gesture. Realizing they are caught in this never ending loop, those silent movie characters start looking for a way out, and what seemed impossible at first, will become the discovery of new connections and freedom. But what does 'freedom' means?
FREE is a piece based on a Clownish physicality and the communication through gesture and movement. It is a play about transformation, not a natural and easy transformation, but in a very human way, a long and desperate fight against the feeling of impotence and rooted repetitions, a search of those characters for a new way of life, to discover new things. Is a show about love, fear and the meaning of freedom.
Written and directed by:
Helena Bittencourt and Goos Meeuwsen
Original score and composition:
Joao Bittencourt
A production by:
Helena.and.Goos / touchstones foundation / Cirque de la Liberté
Technical director:
Iwan Kolk
Decor, costumes, props:
Géraldine Lodders
Inner screen painting:
Ellen Windhorst
Consultation decor:
Sascha van Riel
Realized with support from:
Municipality of Arnhem / Province of Gelderland / Kickstart Cultuur- fonds / Dullerts Foundation Burger en Nieuwe Weeshuis / Kohlmann Foundation / Friends of The- ater Arnhem and various sponsors
Performance:
Goos Meeuwsen, Helena Bittencourt, Joao Bittencourt, Miguel Boelens, Che- Sheng Wu.
