Philippe Quesne's 'Spooky Paradise' Premieres at Berlin's Volksbühne
French artist and director Philippe Quesne staged his first production at Berlin's Volksbühne with 'Spooky Paradise,' a tragicomic play about a circus family searching for a final arena. The performance opened last week on a stage resembling a post-apocalyptic wasteland between desert and barren land, where a group of circus performers gradually appears. With no circus left to belong to, they wander aimlessly, bound by something larger than themselves that now threatens them. The play blurs boundaries between beginning and end, right and wrong, leaving only fog and a few stragglers. Quesne's work explores themes of hope, loss, and uncertainty in a world where certainties have dissolved.
Key facts
- Philippe Quesne directed 'Spooky Paradise' at Berlin's Volksbühne.
- It was Quesne's first production at the Volksbühne.
- The play premiered last week.
- The stage is set in a post-apocalyptic landscape between desert and wasteland.
- A circus family enters this no-man's-land, but there is no circus left.
- The play is described as tragicomic.
- It blurs distinctions between beginning and end, right and wrong.
- The performance ends with fog and a few remaining characters.
Entities
Artists
- Philippe Quesne
Institutions
- Volksbühne Berlin
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany