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SPLENDID

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Written / Directed / Performed by Shade Théret and Magdalena Mitterhofer

PREMIERE
12. -13. September 2020 
LONGTANG Zürich
curated by Ludovica Parenti 

Performers: Ivan Cheng, Shade Théret and Magdalena Mitterhofer
Dramaturgy: Marie Stolze
rehearsed and shown at Very, Berlin 19. September 2020

Photo Zürich) : André Simonov
Photo Poster: Valeria Herklotz
Video Berlin : Emma Dudlyke
thanks to Mariechen Danz

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Splendid is a chamber play that explores the theme of decay.
Three guests at a bathhouse touch upon topics such as anger, work, loss, and intimacy in their conversations, all the while surrounded by slowly crumbling architecture.
The water that sweeps through the house becomes an activating element in their encounters.
The title is derived from Marie Redonnet's 'Hotel Splendid,' a novella about a woman's futile efforts to operate an inherited hotel in a moorland landscape.

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