We find ourselves at the top of the food chain, yet fewer and fewer cells choose to divide to become like us. Many would rather become cancer. My God, if even nature doesn't care, who will save us?
Susie Wang has this time around opted to give birth naturally, and we are now attending a course to learn how to do it right. The clue is to breathe deeply, and let your body take you where it wants. To become one more.
Dr. Jack knows this. All the pregnant women are first-time moms, they are all over 40 and all overdue. Full of themselves they rock around their own axis and moan. Skyler has swollen feet, Zoe is dizzy, Sheila is sad and the Universe doesn’t care.
We have long suspected that nature is fed up. Something has come between us. Now it’s lodged itself and won’t move either way. So, we have decided to close ourselves off and to only breathe our own exhalation. When the air runs out and the door slams shut we are stuck inside and all hope is lost. But then…
Together with colleagues, Susie Wang has created a new show that revolves around the miraculous female body, and as always, it’s a matter of life and death.
Title: HEAVY BREATHERS
Concept: Susie Wang
Text, direction: Trine Falch
Set design: Bo Krister Wallström
Original score: Martin Langlie
Lighting: Phillip Isaksen
Special effects: Fanney Antonsdottir
Carpenter work: Oscar Solløs
Stage technique: Simen Ulvestad, Oscar Solløs
Accent coach: Sarah Valentine
Photo: Simen Ulvestad
Graphic design: Ulf Carlsson
Producer: Bo Krister Wallström
Supported by: Norsk kulturfond, Fond for lyd og bilde
Premiere: June 13th 2024, Black Box Theatre
Co-production: Black Box teater, Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre in Oslo)
Extra credits: Brobekk
Cast
Dr. Jack: Kim Atle Hansen
Sheila: Mona Solhaug
Skyler: Julie Solberg
Zoe: Selome Emnetu
Clay: Phillip Isaksen
Morty: Simen Ulvestad
John: Oscar Solløs