In September 2012 I started working on Jon Fosse's play Winter, (Invierno), in Montevideo. The play was suggested as a project by Margarita Musto. She would act in it and I would direct. At the time the only thing I knew about the work of Jon Fosse was his name and that he came from Norway. Some minimal research indicated that his plays have not gone down well where I come from, in the UK.
In 2011 I went to see a version of I Am The Wind at the Young Vic. I wrote my account of it here. I was not entirely sure what to make of it. On the one hand the director, Patrice Chéreau, displayed an ingenious stagecraft. On the other it felt slightly stately.
Winter was billed as a process of investigation, with funding from the Montevideo version of the Arts Council. For six weeks, the actors Margarita and Carlos Rodriguez and the designer Claudia Sanchez worked on developing not just an understanding of the text but also an aesthetic approach in both the design and the acting styles. These will be outlined in future posts, along with accounts of rehearsals and performances.
After completing the first part of the Winter project, with the next stage to be fulfilled in 2013, I have since given workshops on Winter in Lima and another of Fosse's plays, A Summer's Day, in the Galpon, Montevideo.
This blog is an account of this work. It will also document future Fosse-related projects which may or may not happen here in South America.
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In 2011 I went to see a version of I Am The Wind at the Young Vic. I wrote my account of it here. I was not entirely sure what to make of it. On the one hand the director, Patrice Chéreau, displayed an ingenious stagecraft. On the other it felt slightly stately.
Winter was billed as a process of investigation, with funding from the Montevideo version of the Arts Council. For six weeks, the actors Margarita and Carlos Rodriguez and the designer Claudia Sanchez worked on developing not just an understanding of the text but also an aesthetic approach in both the design and the acting styles. These will be outlined in future posts, along with accounts of rehearsals and performances.
After completing the first part of the Winter project, with the next stage to be fulfilled in 2013, I have since given workshops on Winter in Lima and another of Fosse's plays, A Summer's Day, in the Galpon, Montevideo.
This blog is an account of this work. It will also document future Fosse-related projects which may or may not happen here in South America.
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