The Children of Amazi
Berlin premiere
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| 8 EUR, reduced 4 EUR |
| Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. |
| Introduction to the play in German, then non-essential English, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda |
| Duration: 50 min |
| 6 years and older |
| German |
| Ground Floor, Hall 3 |
| Belongs to: Transkontinentale |
You will look for water here in vain. Where the Great Lakes once were, there is now only drought. It spread over night, so they say. Lakes and rivers have dried up. As has the water tank which stands on stage.
The Children of Amazi, an adventurous theatre piece for young people, is set in imaginary worlds yet focuses on a real issue: water and its disappearance. Accompanied with puppets, singing, dance and rhythm, this collective theatre work stages the scarcity of this vital resource. Performers from Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo draw upon their diverse artistic languages to tell a story about water and raise the question: Can the end of this story still be rewritten?
The Children of Amazi is the result of the initiative SMALL CITIZENS, a coproduction of Ishyo Arts Centre in Kigali, Rwanda and Théâtre du Papyrus in Belgium. The initiative aims to reinvent and implement youthful theatre in East Africa on an intercultural level. The Children of Amazi focuses on joint management of crises and the continuing environmental emergency in the African Great Lakes region. This humorous and captivating show is a gentle ode to the power of solidarity.
Bernard Chemin, Carole Karemera, Denis Mpunga (Rwanda / DR Congo / Burundi / Kenya / Belgium):
Trailer
Participants
By and with
Kento Juma, Abdul Mujyambere, Claudia Shimwa, Eliane Umuhire, Rivardo Niyonizi giye
Idea
Rivardo Niyo nizigiye
Artistic direction
Bernard Chemin, Carole Karemera, Denis Mpunga
Technical direction
Fred Postiau
Artistic collaboration
Didier de Neck
Musical direction
Hervé Twahirwa
Production management
Valérie Kohl
Photos
Kira Kynd
Production
Théâtre du Papyrus (Belgien), Ishyo Arts Centre (Ruanda)
Coproduction
FULL-FUN (Belgium), théâtre Les Bambous – Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national (Saint-Benoît), Pierre de Lune – Centre Scénique Jeunes Publics de Bruxelles (Belgium)
In collaboration with
Buja Sans Tabou (Burundi)
Financial Support
La Commission internationale du théâtre francophone (CITF), Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI), Pierre de Lune – Centre Scénique Jeunes Publics de Bruxelles (Belgium), Institut français – Visas for Creation, La Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FW-B), French Community Commission (COCOF)