- Theatre
- SPRING coproduction
- World premiere
RUNNER
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RUNNER takes place simultaneously in the theatre and on the streets of Utrecht. It explores the exhaustion of the body, both physically and socio-politically. Why do we value people when they push themselves to the limit? The audience is invited to accompany Ira Brand as she runs outside, searching for a place, knowledge, or perhaps herself.
A woman is running away from the theatre.
Setting a pace, covering distance, breaking a sweat. In pursuit of knowledge, a place, or an idea. Step by step, one after the other. Hot on the heels of a feeling. You are invited to accompany her, this unfamiliar body making its way through the city. Is she seeking something, or is she escaping? Heavy calves, beating hearts, breath steaming from our nostrils. Working hard, and being good.
RUNNER is a performance about running and exhaustion. It explores the intertwined and contradictory joys, miseries, and potentials of both physical exhaustion and exhaustion as a sociopolitical condition. What kind of proximity, intimacy, and pleasure can be produced by hearing a body push itself? And why do we value people when they push themselves to their limits?
"Ira Brand is a riveting performer, at once both thought provoking and playful, irresistibly engaging"
"In one sense, it felt like I was in a deep but silent conversation with Brand about running. In another, it was like hearing my inner voice and thoughts on running made real. It would have been unsettling if it also hadn’t felt so natural."
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Credits
Concept, text & performance: Ira Brand
Dramaturgy: Marta Keil
Final director: Abigail Conway
Sound design: Thomas van den Berg
Scenography & lighting: Tim Vermeulen
Produced by Frascati Productions in co-production with SPRING Performance Arts Festival / CAMPO / Battersea Arts Centre with support from Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Ministierie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, AMMODO Foundation.
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