Concept, Staging, Scenography: Philippe Quesne / With: Yvan Clédat, Jean-Charles Dumay, Léo Gobin, Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher, Sébastien Jacobs, Thomas Suire, Gaëtan Vourc’h / Costumes: Corine Petitpierre / Assistance: Anne Tesson / Dramaturgical Team: Léo Gobin, Lancelot Hamelin, Ismael Jude, Smaranda Olcèse / Artistic and Technical Associates: Marc Chevillon, Yvan Clédat, Élodie Dauguet, Abigail Fowler, Thomas Laigle
Philippe Quesne
The Night of the Moles
Part of the Festival “The Mole Keeps on Digging. Animals / Politics / Performance”
- Theatre
85 min
“The Night of the Moles” invites us to get in touch with a new species of moles that dwell in their subterranean retreat, waiting for their audience. Blind but persistent, the furry giants muddle through everyday life, rolling stones back and forth like successors to Sisyphus, thereby providing a visionary retrospective of human cultural revolution. Playful, greedy, congenial and sometimes fatally aggressive, they explore the more profound reasons for their existence in the underground and gradually discover an appreciation for art and the ritual. It doesn’t take long for the moles to make the entire underworld quake with the finest psychedelic sounds.
Director and set designer Philippe Quesne, a master of the magical and the bizarre and a regular guest at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, opens the gates to the underworld for both adults and, with “The Afternoon of the Moles”, also for children. On the second day of the festival the moles will leave the stage and go out on an expedition through Berlin. With penetrating curiosity they will work their way through the streets and back to HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre dramatique national with support of Fondation Hermès as part of the programme “New Settings”. Co-production: steirischer herbst (Graz), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, La Filature – Scène nationale (Mulhouse), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt a. M.), Théâtre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Kaaitheater (Brüssel), Centre d’art Le Parvis – Tarbes, NXTSTP – Cultural Programm of the EU.
With the kind support of Institut français as part of “Frankfurt auf Französisch – Frankreich Ehrengast der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2017”.
Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
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Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Latest information for arrival:
There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
