The latest production of award-winning STILTLIFE is called STROKE ME – Manticore and is corona-proof experience theater.
It is also our most special production, because we are literally and figuratively taking a new path with it. The new path consists of a labyrinth of more than 50 meters in length, which is walked through by the participants. As with every labyrinth, there is a center here, and here resides an ancient mythical creature, half human and half animal. It has an old Persian name, and many of us don’t know what the translation of this word means; Manticore!
Seen from the outside, it looks like a Bedouin tent is flirting with a circus-chapiteau with a guard who seems to have stepped out of a David Lynch film. When the door has been opened after a cleansing ritual, you enter a narrow corridor: the beginning of the labyrinth. After every turn you take you expect to have reached the middle, but that middle is waiting to be reached. The soundtrack of passionate Persian music and jungle sounds complete your journey. And eventually you reach the enclosure of the mythical Manticore.
With these kind of semi-creatures you always have to be careful, but our Manticore is still young and playful, with an incredibly soft coat and he wants nothing more than to be stroked. But is that allowed? During STROKE ME you come face to face with something strange that has the potential to be terrifying, but also the potential to become a sweet and sociable friend. The choice is yours!
Some reactions from our audience
“Not a childlike theater but an adult experience between art, fairytale and reality.¨
“It’s so nice to experience something so surprising in times of Corona.”
“I imagined myself in a David Lynch movie.”
“I was so curious, I had to know what’s inside!”
“Totally unexpected.”
“I was so scared! But it also very cool. ”
“You have to be brave, you have to be nice and then it will set you free.” (A child of approx. 10 years old)
“Can I? Do I want? May I? Lots of questions. But then you let go and understand that anything is allowed. ”
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TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
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When played ui daytime no lights needed - :
Own audio - : 220 Volt
- : Square
- : All Ages
- : 9 mt (lenght) x 9 mt (width) x 3 mt (height)
- : Show duration 45 min; Setting up 150 min; Dismantling 60 min
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Technical Rider Fairly flat surface with a floor area of approx. 8 mx 8 m Build up 2.5 hours, take down 1 hour Playing time 4 x 45 min within 4 hours (possibly extra hours or 2 half-days in a row with a longer break) The public enters the labyrinth 1 by 1, children only accompanied by an adult #Coronaproof, Covid 19 measures Access control by a performer at the entrance of the Labyrinth, one adult or one household with children is allowed at a time. Before entering the labyrinth, the hands of the public are disinfected. The performer wears cloth gloves. The labyrinth is only re-entered by the next visitor (s) when the predecessor leaves the middle section. The route inwards and outwards are also continuously separated from each other. All Covid 19 measures that apply at that time are taken into account. Even now the project can be executed. The set-up and implementation options for the specific situation are discussed with each applicant.
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