Line 31: Line 31:
  
  
written by Alvarp García de Zúñiga, translated in to German by Leopold Von Verschuer
+
written and directed by Alvaro García de Zúñiga, translated in to German by Leopold Von Verschuer
  
 
with [http://www.nadylam.com William Nadylam] and [[Leopold von Verschuer]] and the Neumakt's ensemble
 
with [http://www.nadylam.com William Nadylam] and [[Leopold von Verschuer]] and the Neumakt's ensemble

Revision as of 20:55, 29 May 2008


Alvaro García de Zúñiga's plays


radiOthello


A world war in radio days


A true (in)adaptation of one of the greatest classics of all time, for example of a personal “settling of accounts” (in the way of Hamlemachine by Heiner Muller), that incorporates a particular critical vision of the piece as well as transferring through other media a vision of what is not supposed to be seen: a spectacle of radio-theatre.

Imagine to what point that would have pleased MacLuhan.


Synopsis


At a ficticious Swiss broadcasting station the ensemble produces an opulent Othello radio play. If we close our eyes we can hear a virtually cinemascope-like "Othello," with storms, music, and sound effects. If we open our eyes, we recognize a deeply Othello-like intrigue involving the station's house ensemble - against the guest in the role of Othello, who is oblivious to the rules of the game and has no command of the language spoken in Switzerland. It's a collision between different languages and customs, the materialism of the experienced ensemble and the helplessness of the stranger, disparate notions of the profession, the everyday and the production of art. And of course the final catastrophe does not confine itself to the play being broadcast.



opened the 21rst February in Zurich, Theater am Neumarkt.


written and directed by Alvaro García de Zúñiga, translated in to German by Leopold Von Verschuer

with William Nadylam and Leopold von Verschuer and the Neumakt's ensemble


set by Miguel Palma


Click here to see images of radiOthello's set


20dpx New!!! radiOthello's video clips in tube: at the radiOthello Channel



more information in French 18dpx, Portuguese 18dpx and German 18dpx


blablalab