HEREAFTER

By Werner Fritsch

Translated and Adapted by Peter Falkenberg

Feb 22, 23, 24, 25 (Wed-Sat) 8pm

Mar 1, 2, 3 (Thurs-Sat) 8pm

Free Theatre @ The Tannery
Cassels & Sons Brewery entrance,
3 Garlands Rd

In Hereafter, author and filmmaker Werner Fritsch, described by Der Spiegel as "Germany’s boldest poet", dares to go deep down into the soulscape of a man who all his life was under the spell of the underworld.

Wolf "Sexmachine" Bold, who is a suspect for the murder of his wife Cora, the mother of his son Felix, is beyond reality and hallucination, perhaps even beyond his own body. Before the police can arrest him he is threatened by somebody hiding behind a carnival mask of Hitler and holding a revolver to his head. But who is the man behind the mask? Director Peter Falkenberg has translated and adapted this radical monologue in which a man reflects in seconds of horror on what remains in his memory and what dominates our pictures of sex and violence.

Video, experimental voice and double bass counteract and provide an emotional subtext to the spoken word. This project is a continuation of the collaboration between Fritsch and Free Theatre that in 2008 led to Faust Chroma, nominated for Most Original Production at the 2009 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and described by Radio New Zealand's Lynn Freeman as "mindblowing", "gutsy" and "quite unlike anything I've seen before".

In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, Werner Fritsch will be resident in Christchurch during the development of this work and for its premiere on February 22nd at The Tannery when he will be present for a post-show discussion.

For bookings ph. 0800 327 484 / www.dashtickets.co.nz. Booking fees may apply. Tickets: $30/$18. Content May Offend. Cash only door sales. Cassels & Sons cash bar on site.

I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC - our collaboration with the HITLab will be take further! We are looking to premiere this work, a follow on to Passion, Pulse and Power, in June 2012.