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Hostile – Cie Bakelite (FR)

A lone man wanders through a scorching desert. All around him lurk snakes, vultures, bandits and humans fighting for their own survival. There is only one task: Find water!

In Hostile, Olivier Rannou and Compagnie Bakélite from France take the audience into a western universe with dark humor. There, the imagination is allowed to grow from an almost empty stage. Only using planks, lights and everyday objects, landscapes, characters and dramatic situations are created in real time.

The performance combines object theatre, physical play and inventive scenography in a playful and original homage to the spaghetti western genre. Clichés are twisted, reshaped and given new life in a universe that balances chaos, humour and survival.

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Bakélite was established in 2005 in Rennes, France. Artistic director Olivier Rannou creates performances that combine comedy with absurd elements, but great detail and precision, often inspired by film. Bakélite's trademark is also about people and the encounter: the encounter between artistic expression and the audience, and the encounter between people themselves.

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Occasionally: Olivier Rannou
Assistant directors: Gaëtan Emeraud, Robin Lescouët
Lighting design and stage manager: Alexandre Musset
Music: Émilie Rougier
Costume: Stéfany Gicquiaud
Artistic collaboration: Fabien Bossard, Alan Floc'h, Aurélien Georgeault-Loch, Morien Nolot
Development support: Charlène Faroldi, Louise Gérard, Jessica Bodard