MEDIATHEK

Please take note: This DVD is a short version of the 90m performance. In the beginning there was nothing… except for a swing door, two orange chairs and a handful of small pine trees. Following a little struggle with the door, a stark naked Benjamin Verdonck enters somewhat nervously with a candid Willy Thomas following in his wake. Adam and Eve, exploring an empty world which, in a series of hilarious slapstick scenes, degenerates into an utter mess. However great the yearning for communication and construction, failure is constantly lying in wait… (Quelle: http://www.kvs.be/index2.php?page=program&discipline=1&vs_id=206) Global Anatomy by Willy Thomas and Benjamin Verdonck can be described as slow slapstick with the security pin pulled out. The stage was filled with all kinds of objects, and though the two actors did their best to create connections in chaos, the mistake and the gaffe were always close. However constructive they handled it, disaster was never far off. In the program from Black Box Teater one could read the following about the production (translated from Norwegian by Sceneweb’s Lillian Bikset): "Global Anatomy is a fun performance, but in its chaos it also creates a more emotionally laden image of human drive and the will to stay erect." Willy Thomas is an actor and director and has for many years been artistic director for the company Dito Dito, the latter known in Norway for its collaborations with tg STAN. At the time of production Benjamin Verdonck was artist in residence at Toneelhuis in Antwerp. Source: Black Box Teater Oslo (2008). Spring program 2008. Black Box Teater Oslo [Oslo]. (Quelle: http://sceneweb.no/en/production/9059/Global_Anatomy-2008-1-19) isrr