TEATERCENTRUM OCH PLAYMATE
Bird Talk - a message for humanity + discussion
In the Puerto Rican forest lies a huge radio telescope, designed to seek out and communicate with intelligent life across the universe. Paradoxically, the astronomers’ nearest neighbours are the few surviving members of a highly intelligent, but life-threatened, species of parrot. Aren’t they exactly what the scientists are looking for?
Hear the spellbinding speech from a feathered friend we have long overlooked! Written by the widely acclaimed author Ted Chiang, and published under the title The Great Silence, the parrot’s words compel us to reconsider our role as neighbours: to other humans, and to other living creatures on the planet we share in the “disconcertingly quiet” universe.
Played in English.
Who are we?
Teatercentrum är de fria professionella teatrarnas samarbets-, intresse- och informationsorganisation. Teatercentrum samlar idag drygt 100 fria teatrar som genomför över 10 000 föreställningar för mer än 700 000 personer varje år. Under Malmö Scenfest passar vi på att låta några av våra fantastiska medlemmar visa sina alster!
Playmate består av skådespelaren Kevin Benn, en engelsman som bott I Sverige sedan 1967. Han var medlem i den fria gruppen Teater 23 sedan starten 1975 till 1997. Sedan 2015 har turnerat under egen flagga – Playmate – med Teater 23s originaluppsättning av Nasse hittar en stol, och nu presenterar han även föreställningen BIRD TALK – a message to humanity.
Who are we?
Actor Kevin Benn is an Englishman who has lived in Sweden since 1967. He was a member of the independent group Teater 23 from its founding in 1975 until 1997. Since 2015, he has toured under his own banner—Playmate—with a solo show that was once Teater 23’s original production of Nasse Hittar En Stol, and now he presents his monologue performance BIRD TALK – a message to humanity.
*Kevin Benn is also a founding member of Playmate Theatre Malmö (since 2017) which for Malmö Scenfest is performing a staged reading THE WOODS at 5 pm also at Mazettisalen, just after Kevin’s monologue, a reading in collaboration with Theatre In-Balance.
Mazettisalen, Kulturskolan, Friisgatan 15 B
14:45-15:35
För/For: Från 15 år/From age 15
Antal platser/Number of spots: 120