MONSTERS

Friday, July 5
Summer Stage, 9:30 p.m. 

MONSTERS
Duda Paiva Company (Netherlands)
Korzo Theater (Netherlands) 
Duration: 60 min. | Age: 6+ 

Concept and direction: Duda Paiva
Dramaturgy: Kim Kooiman
Puppets: Duda Paiva, Justyna Banasiak, André Mello, Tim Velraeds
Sound: Wilco Alkema
Light: Mark Verhoef
Decor: Daniel Patijn
Costume: Atty Kingma
Advice: Harriet Stroet
Repetition: Ederson Xavier
Production: Marijana Mikolcic
Performers: Josse Vessies, Cat Smits, Tim Velraeds

Monsters balances extremely finely on the borderline between completely real and obviously fake. What strange creatures the puppets of Duda Paiva are! They have funny heads. They have wings and tails, yet also arms and legs… what are they? Animals, humans, or both? And they look so sweet and touchable… but are they? Luckily, Narcissus controls the Monsters and he shows his audience all the tricks he has taught them: somersaults, dances, songs, and even how to fly! But, the Monsters hate to do these tricks. That’s why they rise up against him, prompting audience members to ask themselves; who is the real beast here? One thing is clear in this continuously changing slapstick performance: what you see is not what you get.  

Kim Kooiman