STERIJINO POZORJE FESTIVAL 2009 - Novi Sad, Serbia Theatre Tribunalen – Theatre Galeasen, Stockholm, Sweden Det KOMMUNISTISKA MANIFESTET Directed by Richard Turpin
Turpin makes a theater soup from Marxist ingredients. Actors in aprons peel potato and cut onions, while reading the original text verbatum. At the same time, accompanied by a song and a coreographic game of association, they illustrate the crossing between feudalism and the next historical phase with handicraft, industial work, bourgeoisie and the waking of the proletariat.
Theatre Tribunalen started in 1995 in an old cinema in the central of Stockholm. We were then three actors from the State School of Performing Arts and one stagedesigner from the State Dramatic Institute. Our purpose was to – Take control over our profession, so we would not be reduced to the institutional theatres around the country, – Create an actors theatre, so we would be reduced to tools in some ”creators” hands, – Use our profession to comment, reveal and judge the ruling layers of society and to give hope and initiative to those groups and individuals who may need it for to be able to make the best out of lifes. Our performances tend to have a very direct dialogue with the audience, and we often play in a ”heightened” fashion.
