Who’s going to save the world now?
When was the last time you saved the world? This morning under the shower, yesterday in the supermarket, or do you prefer to simply save it by donating money? That’s also possible. When all’s said and done there are emergency situations in all four corners of the world. Whatever the case it’s difficult to risk stepping out into the day without being confronted with hundreds of global issues all at the same time. In this situation you can easily lose your overview.
The protest performance TRASHedy by the Performing Group ensemble is full of quick cuts, it includes overviews, questions and changes. In the course of an hour it juggles with a gigantic palette of consumer critique, globalisation disasters and environmental destruction that leaves us regularly gasping for breath.
This is a cleverly built piece of performance theatre that displays its barbs unreservedly and with seeming effortlessness. It tells us a lot about the current state of human evolution and consistently holds up a mirror to the audience and itself. Who is responsible for all this? Whose opinion is the right one? What should we stand up against and what should we fight for? Or, when all’s said and done, is there no way out of the chaos in our world? TRASHedy casts a clear view on the connections between our consumer world, and an even deeper insight into our psyche. The rapid physical play between Daniel Mathéus and Leandro Kees takes place directly in front of the wind machine of bad news, and their reactions range from hopelessness to excessive demands. Along with the audience they search for ways to lead a self-determined life in a world which is increasingly dictated by outside influences and formats. This is a politically motivated and deeply humane piece of theatre.
