Mathilde Stuffed Puppet Theatre - Neville Tranter | Netherlands
Mathilde”, scenes from an old people's home in a triptych.Mathilde is a very old lady. Life is getting hard to bear.She remembers vividly what happened in her life 60 years ago, but now she keeps forgetting where she has put things.She keeps blaming the nurses of stealing from her.But not only Mathilde is suffering. Lucie, the new patient, arrives at the home. She has lived all of her life with her brother. She does not fully understand her situation, but her brother does understand very well that things are nearing their end.The managing director of the home has other worries. How can he maximize the home's profits?A funeral director is willing to offer him some advice.“Mathilde” is a tragic comedy about the hardship of getting very old. The puppet master Neville Tranter is one of the world’s best-known puppeteers. His works always manage to be poetic, irreverent, virtuous and radical at the same time. Combined with black humour and finely drawn characters, they also balance dramatic force with enchanting subtlety.
Idea, text, direction, puppets and puppeteer: Neville Tranter
Direction assistance: Tim Velraeds
Co-appearing: Wim Sitvast
Photographs: Christine Oudart, Wim Sitvaast
Technique: Full-view manipulation
For audiences over: +14
Running time: 60 min.
Language: English
Ciclo: FIMFA Lx'13