"Crank. Mother?
Has left the building." (One-woman-Cowshit)
One woman. One living room. One world of her own.
Step into the absurdly comical abyss and fantasies of a woman who is “getting on in years.” Prepare to be surprised by eccentric quirks, bizarre furniture, strange pets, and an extraordinary showdown.
Crank. Mother? is a 30-minute humorous, clownish exploration of growing old. A tribute to “being different” and a call to remain different.
Home?
A fragile clothesline construction forms the starting point for exploring the theme of home. The construction of the clothesline becomes a poetic and humorous story about the attempt to create a new home out of nothing. It is a struggle with objects, a success, a failure, and a plea for help, in which the audience is gradually involved and, in some moments, sensitively included. The laundry items enliven the scene and the performance of the lonely and somewhat lost-looking main character. Washcloths, wool socks, and clothespins are playmates, inner voices, old memories, dreams, and invisible friends who join in the search for a new home.
Póesie
The Shovv
Arriving on his rocking steed, with a proud and determined look on his face. He doesn’t mind his ridiculousness. In fact, he doesn’t even notice it. Like a Don Quixote, he’s only there for his duty, to share his masterpiece, and the audience›s laughter won’t stop him. With “Poetry”, this clown from another time and another world aims to touch audiences with his rambling story, his overflowing emotions and supring physicallity.
About the Company
Sebastian Utecht is a passionate autodidact and state-certified clown and actor. Since 2013, Sebastian has been working as a freelance artist in various constellations and projects (including Theater Labaaz, Utecht & Philine, Theater Derweil). Sebastian is interested in finding the extraordinary in everyday life and creating plays that are both moving and entertaining, with the greatest possible simplicity and a strong connection to the audience.
Simon Moreau
The circus has been part of Simon Moreau’s life since he was a child. He studied cinema and visual effects before moving to Berlin in 2015, where the local scene inspired him to turn his passion into his profession. He trained by going from workshop to workshop and took his first steps on the street, until he wrote «L’Escale», a circus tale for young and old that has been travelling around Europe’s street festivals for 6 years already.
About the Location
The Ost-Passage Theater is a place for social and creative interaction. As a neighborhood stage, we stand for a vibrant district culture that is open and accessible across lifestyles, milieus, social strata, and classes. This also makes us an important mouthpiece and a powerful driving force in eastern Leipzig. Together with those who want to open up, expand, and deepen opportunities with us, we are pushing forward our shared ideas, desires, and utopias.