CRAVE
In CRAVE, four people each seek something they miss at the brink of their own personal and emotional implosion. It shows the way in which inherent injustice and violence in human nature lead to a fundamental lack of faith in humanity and love can lead to blinding and crippling disassociation, forcing individuals to recalibrate their understanding and expectations of being alive. Crushed by trauma and surrounded by banal beauty and lost memories of intimacy and tenderness, CRAVE shows us four people screaming at the foot of their grave. Utilising backlit video, silhouettes, shadows, long and unnerving silences and harsh, bare lighting, existential struggle is shown within a cosmic context, in which the individual - their body and mind destroyed - is forced to disassociate and transcend.
Premièred on the 2rd of June 2021 at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CONCEPT, DIRECTION AND SCENOGRAPHY Erasmus Mackenna
TEXT Sarah Kane
PERFORMANCE Damaris de Jong, Amarenske Haitsma, Lina Heijmans and Thomas Höppener
LIGHTING DESIGN Jasper Nijholt
VIDEO DESIGN AND TECHNICAL OPERATION Lou Bikkers
SOUND DESIGN AND TECHNICAL OPERATION Mathieu Abbink
COSTUME DESIGN Julia Diepstraten
TRANSLATION AND DRAMATURGY Roel Pronk
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Emma van Zandvoort
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION Luc Huisman
SCENIC PHOTOGRAPY Robert van der Ree
PRODUCED BY Academy for Theatre and Dance