PLAYING HOOKY

a performance based on three scenes from William Shakespeare‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Three performers are preparing for a show. They have brought with them a guitar, a flute and a keyboard. But first they must build the wall through which we always speak to the ones we love. Should we be afraid of scaring the audience? How do you play a lion or moonlight? Building upon the ‘rude mechanicals’ scenes from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Maëlle Dequiedt invites the performers to cast their dreams upon the stage to create a new utopian form. Set at the time of the summer solstice, said to be the most mysterious night of the year, Playing hooky can be likened to a roaring bonfire, whose flames we leap over as we dice with death.

direction Maëlle Dequiedt
text, dramaturgy Simon Hatab
scenography, costume design Heidi Folliet
sound design Grégoire Harrer
lighting set Thierry Gontier

with François Charron, Rayan Ouertani, Léna Rossetti

production Comédie de Colmar – CDN Grand Est Alsace, coproduction La Phenomena, with the support of Grand Pays de Colmar, DRAC Grand Est, Collectivité européenne d’Alsace.

credits Kolbjørn Blix

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