Funeral performance. The body of the politician is decorated with fruits and vegetables, covered with a canopy of dark sheets of marshmallow sewn together, similar to skin. Ministers drink black viscous liquid from plastic bottles through straws, eat black food from shovels during a memorial meal. Security picks up crumbs from the table. In the finale, the insurgent president reads a sermon on healthy eating from the house book of the Stalin era. The memory of hunger. The destruction of food for political reasons, Luxury and poverty. Food as a metaphor, symbol, decoration and props. The performance was created for the Styrian Autumn Festival, Graz, Austria. Joint production with the Meyerhold Center. Took part in Narva Freedom Theatre Festival (Estonia). A. Stadnikov, D. Vlasik, V. Bowden
Adaptation for Narva Freedom Theatre Festival
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