Chronicle by Carmen TărniCERU (cer = sky)
A vivid, nuanced show, in colours that are cruel to watch and feel. The situations begin to flow slowly, slightly funny, and the characters seem relaxed, exactly as much as they should be. The spectator sinks into the chair like a bourgeois. He knows he'll have fun. He does not imagine that this attractive beginning is a lie, while he is perversely caught in a trap. Slowly, the situation changes. The humour becomes more and more yellow, to the extreme, and the giggling Chinese dragons become more and more frightening. The colours of the stage, although unchanged to the end, are increasingly gloomy, metamorphosing into panics that seem to be displayed on the parapets surrounding the stage. You feel stuck in the increasingly uncomfortable chair, from which there is no chance of escape. What happened?
Through a seizure to which we have repeatedly consented without any concern, (agree/allow all cookies/we may use your browsing history/consent to collect your personal information, etc.), in a diabolical and sinister way, “technology” has raised high walls on our shoulders that butcher our desire to get rid of “Satan”. And in the few moments of lucidity, you find out that your freedom to do so has also been exterminated.
As luck would have it, we remember from time to time throughout the show that everything happens in China, so there is nothing to worry about. And we would laugh at the irony in this thought if we did not have our jaws clenched.
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“Theatre Chronicle @ Eurothalia” is a programme conceived by Daniela Șilindean together with the team of the German State Theatre Timișoara, within the Eurothalia 2023 European Theatre Festival, held between 20-30 September 2023, financed by the National Cultural Program Timișoara - European Capital of Culture in 2023.
