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Lørdag den 8. juni 2024, 21:30 - 23:00.



Musik

Klang 2024: Josh Spear - How Now Brown Cow

Https://billetto.dk/e/josh-spear-how-now-brown-cow-tickets-967709.

Autenticitet. Spear - der er kendt for sin fantasifulde brug af
lip-syncing i performances - mimer til et præindspillet manuskript
og lyddesign. I dette foley-teater repræsenterer og understreger det
mimede manuskript det upålidelige og usikre forhold til tale, som en
person med stammen dagligt lever med.

Historien
begynder med den øjeblikkelige, lydlige tilstedeværelse af Spears
stammen. Stykket tager sit udgangspunkt i performeren som helt ung og
følger ham gennem hans opvækst, mens han forsøger at tilpasse sig
selv for at overvinde sin stammen. Historien spidser alvorligt til i
hans teenageår, da Spear så småt begynder at indse, at han er en
queer-person. Efterhånden som han gradvist mister overblikket over
den fremtid, han forestillede sig for sig selv, taber han også sit
autentiske jeg af syne, og det stærke bånd, han deler med sin
bedstemor, anstrenges. How Now Brown Cow er en slags coming-of-age
fortælling, der takler vanskelige temaer som selvværd og tvivl; en
historie, som både kredser om en unikt personlig oplevelse og
samtidig er universelt genkendelig for alle, der gennem deres opvækst
har måttet kæmpe for at acceptere sig selv. Forestillingen varer 50
minutter og er velegnet til voksne og teenagere.

Stykket
er støttet af:
Kulturdirektoratoret
Dramatikkens
Hus
The
Marchus Trust

Engelsk:
How
Now Brown Cow
is a solo musical theatre piece by composer-performer Josh Spear
directed by Oliver Dawe. Telling an intensely personal story about
stammering, self-adaptations, the struggle to fit in, and queer
authenticity, Spear - who is renowned for his imaginative use of
lip-syncing in performances - lip-syncs to a prerecorded script and
sound design. Within this foley theatre, the lip-syncing represents
and emphasizes the unreliable nature of speech that someone with a
stammer experiences on a daily basis.

The
story opens with the instant appearance of Spear's stammer. Taking as
it's point of departure the performer as a young child, the piece
follows him growing up as he tries to take adaptive measures in order
to overcome his stammer. The story complicates severely during his
teen years as Spear starts to realize that he is a queer person. As
he gradually loses sight of the future that he envisioned for
himself, he also loses sight of his authentic self, and the strong
bond that he shares with his grandma is strained. How
Now Brown Cow
is a sort of coming-of-age story tackling difficult themes of
selfhood and self-doubt; a story that is both uniquely personal and
universally recognizable for anyone who grew struggling to accept
themselves. The show is 50 minutes long and is suitable for adults
and teens.

The piece is supported by:
Kulturdirektoratoret
Dramatikkens
Hus
The
Marchus Trust
Vi vil meget gerne høre fra jer! Deltag i KLANG Festivalens publikumsundersøgelse og vind to billetter til en valgfri koncert. Undersøgelsen tager cirka 8-10 minutter.
https://study.epinionglobal.com/2100380?i=KLANG.

Entré: 90 kr

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