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THE INFINITE PLEASURES OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Introducing Troupe Mabuse
'We must plunge the world into an abyss of terror' Dr. Mabuse 1922
Bock & Vincenzi present a new performance work with Fritz Lang’s celluloid master criminal Dr. Mabuse: an unflinching theatrical celebration of the death of reality.
Dr Mabuse has set his heart on total world domination and has escaped the confines of both his own death and the silver screen. In an act of desperate, deranged cunning, he takes possession of an out-of-work fictional theatre troupe, Troupe Mabuse, to re-invent an entertainment of terror: an all-singing, all-dancing investigation into the crime of representation.
THE INFINITE PLEASURES OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN is a stage show presented within the form of a film. Behind a black cinema screen Troupe Mabuse play a cast of thousands, in a never-ending state of emergency; a storm in which the fear of the unknown conceals its own controlling force. Into this play of possession, King Lear also appears. Having missed his cue to die he wanders eternally in a landscape of his own making, searching for meaning within a scrambled version of Shakespeare’s original storm scene.
Through a language of chaos and abject dark humour Troupe Mabuse have mesmerised audiences and critics alike.
Duration: 1.55
The Infinite Pleasures of the Great Unknown is an Artsadmin project. Commissioned by Theater der Welt and Tramway. Funded by Arts Council England. Supported by the British Council. Presented at Tramway, Glasgow; Toynbee Studios, London and Theater der Welt, Hallé, Germany
For further public information or booking you can contact Nicky Childs on: info@operationinfinity.org
