Peeping Tom - Vader
Vader (Father), directed by Franck Chartier, is the first part of a family trilogy. After a world premiere on 10 May 2014 in Theater im Pfalzbau (Ludwigshafen, DE), the production has been touring extensively throughout Europe and in Japan. Vader was followed in 2016 by Moeder (Mother), under the direction of Gabriela Carrizo. The trilogy will close in 2019 with Kind (Child).
Vader is set in the visiting area of an old-folks home whose towering walls accentuate the fact that the action takes place deep underground. At the centre of this netherworld, somewhere between the world of the living and the dead, stands the figure of the father, who seems to be distancing himself gradually from the human community. His fading is drawn, not from the story of one individual, but from the mythology of the father, and in scenes that explode into action, and just as suddenly stop, this figure appears at once as God-like and ridiculous, as possessed of a rich mental life, and as disconnected, decaying, empty. His past may harbour a deep secret, or maybe he is simply mad or delusional. The other residents and the staff wonder at him, regarding him with amusement and hatred, affection and indifference....
http://www.peepingtom.be/en/productions/9#introduction
14 mei 2018 Stadsschouwburg Groningen
