OPEN FOR EVERYTHING
(Germany)
A CONSTANZA MACRAS | DorkyPark and Goethe-Institut production
Royal Court Theatre
Musicians, performers and dancers explode out of a packed Louis Vuitton clad car and straight into a journey through the Roma communities of Europe in this unexpected celebration of life and music. From the prejudices, clichés, traditions, poverty and violence – they honour the dwindling communities that they themselves belong to.
There are moments of exquisite, if confusing, kitsch: I’m still not sure why the piece included a nun riding on a zebra but am very glad it did.
★ ★ ★ ★
The Stage
Open for Everything is an untamed celebration of mirth and music – necessary elements to nurture the human soul.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Upcoming
The Stage The Royal Court audience – traditionally rather well-behaved and well-to-do – began to warm up. Heads were nodding along; feet, tapping. Somebody whooped a dancer on, then somebody else. By the end, that demure, discerning audience was clapping in time and trilling along – caught up in the joy of it all. By the end, there was no us and them. Just a room full of people.
What's On Stage
OPEN FOR EVERYTHING is presented by LIFT and the Royal Court Theatre.
A production by CONSTANZA MACRAS |DorkyPark and the GOETHE-INSTITUT. In co-production with Wiener Festwochen, New Stage of National Theatre Prague, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts Budapest, International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra, Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden, Dansens Hus Stockholm and Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund and the Governing Mayor of Berlin – Department for Cultural Affairs and Open Society Foundations – with contribution of the Arts and Culture Program of Budapest.
Images — Thomas Aurin and Root Design
