THEATRE PERFORMANCE
The Baxter, in association with Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, presents Nobel Prize-winning author, JM Coetzee’s, Life & Times of Michael K, adapted for the stage by internationally acclaimed Writer, Director, Playwright and Artistic Director/CEO of the Baxter Theatre, Lara Foot – in collaboration with the Tony Award winning Handspring Puppet Company (of War Horse and Little Amal-fame) – has been performed to overwhelming success internationally.
The hauntingly beautiful story follows Michael K, a simple man who embarks on a journey through South Africa, ravaged by civil war, to return his mother to die on the farm where she was born. He finds strength in his own humanity, his profound connection to the earth and his unique path which, as it unfolds, reveals to him, his reason for living.
RUNNING TIME : 2 HOURS, NO INTERVAL.
CREDITS
Written and directed by LARA FOOT
Puppetry Direction ADRIAN KOHLER ET BASIL JONES
Puppetry Direction, Design and Creation ADRIAN KOHLER, HANDSPRING PUPPET COMPANY
Composer KYLE SHEPHERD
Set Designer PATRICK CURTIS
Dramaturge FELICITAS ZÜRCHER
Costume Designer PHYLLIS MIDLANE
Lighting Designer JOSHUA CUTTS
Sound Designer SIMON KOHLER
Sound System Designer DAVID CLASSEN
Projection Designer and Editor YOAV DAGAN
Projection Designer KIRSTI CUMMING
Director of Photography (film), Photographer FIONA MCPHERSON
Director of Photography BARRETT DE KOCK
Video Design FRANCESC ISERN
CAST
Actors SANDRA PRINSLOO, ANDREW BUCKLAND, FANISWA YISA, CARLO DANIELS, WESSEL PRETORIUS, BILLY LANGA, NOLUFEFE NTSHUNTSHE
Puppet Master CRAIG LEO
Puppeteers ROSHINA RATNAM, NKOSINATHI MNGOMEZULU, MARKUS SCHABBING