The Director (Australia) : A bold new performance by Aphids starring a real life funeral director Scott Turnbull, and theatre director Lara Thoms. Taking up a universal experience and taboo topic, they demystify, expose and expand elements of the death industry, using humour and first-hand knowledge to dig a little deeper on what happens after we go.
Tree Of Death (Poland): The show, presented by Pijana Sypialnia Theatre, derives inspiration from the Polish legend of the magical pear tree in which the Lady Death is imprisoned. Psalms are reworked to sing a critique of shallow customs of death, as performers enact surreal and absurd scenarios about a dystopic future in which death abandons mankind, leaving people to ‘munch on popcorn’.
‘Kala Dhabba’ (Bhopal): Based on a 1938 Hindi short story ‘Bhediye’, Avijit Solanki’s play imagines the horror of a mob and the violence it unleashes on a migrating family. Performed with thousands of bricks, a cart and a family that keeps shrinking, a camera silently documents and projects the darkness of savagery on stage.
