The Monkey / El Mono

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Performers: Julie Beauvais, Irene Cioni, Magnus Errboe, Karin Sjöholm, Esther Pallejà, Wilhelm Støylen, Nacho Vera

Co-Director: Max Webster Movement Coordinator: Irene Cioni
Producer: Andrew Omerod
Script Supervisor: Winsome Brown

The Monkey is a complex parable that invites the audience to question how religious commitment can foster terrible violence. Its macabre exploration of power, human savagery, sexual transgression and religious fanaticism proved too much for many readers at the time of publication. Drawn directly from The Monkey by danish author Karen Blixen (1885-1962), supplemented by other passages of other stories from Seven Gothic Tales. The author distinctive style of magic realism combines folk stories, gothic horror, romance, social comedy, religion and eroticism in a heady and thought-provoking mixture. The performance it is a full length piece, it has been created collectively, using improvisation, physical work and dance. The Monkey rehearsal supported by UNESCO and Andean Musical Embassy in Tilcara, Argentina, in December 2006. The premiere performances at the Centro Cultural de la Cooperación, Buenos Aires, from 18th to 28th January 2007.

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