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Details: On the evenings of 12 - 14 May 2015 at 19:30, the New World Theatre Club (NWTC) will put on three performances of The Strange Horseman at the annexe of the Chateau de Bourglinster, prior to travelling to participate in the 2015 FEATS (Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies) that is taking place in Hamburg, Germany, from 22 - 25 May. The play is directed by John Brigg in a new translation.
"The Strange Horseman" is a short (around 30 minutes) play by Michel de Ghelderode, an avant-garde Flemish dramatist who lived from 1898 to 1962 and wrote weird, wonderful, surreal, macabre and funny plays about the human condition. The Strange Horseman is no exception. It is a tragi-comic gem that looks at the varied and various reactions of a group of people faced with imminent death. It doesn't sound too light-hearted, yet the treatment is anything but depressing.
In this early play of around 1920, de Ghelderode has chosen a group of people living out their last days in an ancient hospice for the destitute and confronts them with the arrival of Mounted Death, surely come for one – or perhaps more – of their number! The outcome is terrifying, chaotic and very funny. The play was originally written in French – de Ghelderode’s language of choice for his plays – under the title Le Cavalier bizarre, but a new translation will be used for this production. It has been adapted for modern audiences – without foregoing the medieval flavour. The old people have an uproarious time, mocking, bantering, cowering, panicking, rejoicing and outdoing each other. They are all country folk, superstitious and down-to-earth. Only the Seer, with her/his command of language, shows signs of learning.
Cast: Angela Milne, Christine Mitchell, Giampaolo Spedo, Jan Horsburgh, Lesley Chesters, Steve Wilkie, Wendy Dunning; live musician and sound maker: Evelyne Bastien
Crew: John Brigg (Director), Gav Guilfoyle (Stage manager), Laure Gatter (Lighting and sound operation), Robin Alder (Singing coach)
Venue: Chateau de Bourglinster
Organiser: New World Theatre Club (NWTC)
Price: Tickets cost €15 (€13 for members; €10 for students). The ticket price includes an Indian-style buffet after each performance at the Chateau.
Reservations: Reservations can be made by email: tickets@nwtc.lu or tel: 356339.
URL: www.nwtc.lu
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