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Ubu and the Truth Commission

William Kentridge

2015

William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company rescue the show that catapulted them to fame. Ubu in apartheid South Africa

The multifaceted artist William Kentridge returns to the show that catapulted him to international fame. Ubu and the Truth Commission relocates the despotic king of absurdism in the harrowing context of apartheid.

Artistic team

Direction: William Kentridge 

 

Text: Yane Taylor

 

Puppets design: Adrian Kohler

 

Cast: Dawid Minnaar and Busi Zokufa

 

Puppeteers: Gabriel Marchand, Mandiseli Maseti and Mongi Mthombeni 

 

Animation: William Kentridge

 

Scenery: Adrian Kohler and William Kentridge

 

Costumes design: Adrian Kohler 

 

Lighting: Wesley France

 

Sound: Wilbert Schube 

 

Music: Warrick Sony and Brendan Jury 

 

Coreography: Robyn Orlin

 

Animation edition: Catherine Meyburgh

 

Research TRC: Antije Krog 

 

Camera and research of video: Gail Berhman 

 

Production: Handspring Puppet Company 

 

Associate producer: Quaternaire 

 

Co-production: Edinburgh International Festival (United Kingdom), The Taipei Arts Festival and Taipei Culture Foundation (Taiwan), Festival de Marseille _ danse et arts multiples (France), Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece), Cal Performances Berkeley (USA), BOZAR Brussels (Belgium).

 

Supported by: National Arts Festival, South Africa. 

Teatre Municipal de Girona

OCTOBER

Sunday, 11
– 18:00