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ANGELA (a strange loop)

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ANGELA (a strange loop)

by Susanne Kennedy & Markus Selg (DE)

Theatre
23 & 24 May 2024, Thu & Fri
8PM
Victoria Theatre
$78, $58*, $38*

ANGELA eats dinner with her boyfriend  
ANGELA watches Netflix 
ANGELA is in pain 
ANGELA is no longer alone in her body  
ANGELA talks to Susie 
ANGELA's mother breastfeeds her as a baby  
ANGELA disappears  
"What makes ANGELA, ANGELA?"

ANGELA (a strange loop) is a close-up of a woman's life as she struggles to make sense of her existence. Join her in a thought-provoking journey as she navigates everyday situations: illness and recovery, waking and sleeping, giving birth and being born, ageing and death. ANGELA is made up of millions of experiences, many of which come from other people’s stories. Ultimately, she might be nothing but a strange loop, an endless sequence. The virtual and the real become blurred, while ANGELA attempts to construct herself and hold it together by repeating her stories. But what happens if we zoom in on ANGELA, closer and closer, to understand that self? What is hidden there?

With innovative use of technology and a compelling narrative, ANGELA (a strange loop) takes us on a deep dive into the fundamental questions of existence, identity, consciousness and the nature of reality. It is a poetic, social analysis through the lens of the diseased rather than the healthy. How can a community deal with the individual's experience of illness? How do we care for each other, when life comes to an end?


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1h 40m

16 years and above  
Advisory (Some Mature Content and Coarse Language)
Contains strobe and video flickering effects
English
Niki Fischer | Tour Production Management
Sven Nichterlein | Technical Production Management
Ultraworld Productions | Production
Something Great | Management
Sergio Pessanha | Technical tour management
Max Heesen | Sound operator
Stefan Korsinsky | Video operator
Frieder Miller | Light operator
Co-producers: Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Festival d'Automne à Paris & Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris), Festival d'Avignon (Avignon), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), National Theatre Drama / Prague Crossroads Festival. (Prague), Romaeuropa Festival (Rome), Teatro Nacional de São João (Porto) and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin)
Supported by Stichting Ammodo (Ammodo Foundation) and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) with funding by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media)
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