fix+foxy’s La Grande Bouffe
Eight people on welfare benefits revisits a French avantgarde art movie.
They dig into food, sex and existentialism. Why do the rich eat so much? Why do they wear Angora sweaters? And how come they have such a hard time figuring out how to live their lives?
fix+foxy invites a group of people living on benefits to evaluate and comment on upper-class living, as portrayed by the cultural elite. Our prejudices about each other turn into an image of modern live, displaying both hope and futility.
Based on the movie La grande Bouffe by Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona and Francis Blanche with permission from the publishing company Nordiska ApS – Copenhagen.
La Grande Bouffe was performed 21 November – 1 December 2015 at Dansehallerne in Copenhagen.
“Shame, anxiety, stigma, dreams and powerlessness towards the system. Bon appetite!”
Politiken
“…there is, after all, an element of class-society Zoo about these kinds of performances, where we, socially indignant senior citizens can nurture our sympathy with the poor.”
Weekendavisen
”fix&foxy’s ‘La Grande Bouffe’ is a thought-provoking performance about overconsumption and prejudice.”
Lokalavisen Frederiksberg
★★★★★
“You have left an impression on me – I hope that you will be able do that with many others!”
Ungt Teaterblod
Cast Welfare recipients, early retirement pensioners and others: Sebastian Behrndtz, Ann-Selena Cailloux, Eddie Emhof, Troels Laurell, Noga Bonibay, Kim Dalmose, Kasper Mechlenburg, Katrine Fokdal
Directors Tue Biering and Jeppe Kristensen
Set designer Sille Dons Heltoft
Playwright Tue Biering and Jeppe Kristensen
Produced by fix+foxy
Sound design Ditlev Brinth
Light design Tobias Stål
Costumes Anna-Maria Barse
Director’s assistent Katinka Hurvig Møller
Operator Kristoffer Lundberg
Chef Birgitte Kampmann
Chef’s assistent Christine Bille Nielsen
Stage manager Pernille Kabell
Backstage
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