Heavy Breathers

Heavy Breathers

av Susie Wang

Saturday, November 14, at 6:00 p.m.
scheduleDuration
80 minutes
location_onLocation
Intimsalen
eventNumber of performances
1
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NOK 150–300
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six

"Comedy turns into horror and dread"

FVN

five

"Three pregnant women are taught how to breathe by a male instructor. The result is sickeningly good satire."

Aftenposten

five

"It is delightful in all its horror, hilariously funny, and inventive on the ensemble’s own terms, yet with an underlying tone of profound seriousness."

The Daily Newspaper

We’d like to finally welcome Susie Wang back to Kilden! In a short time, Susie Wang has managed to establish itself as one of the most interesting performing arts groups in Europe. After sold-out performances in cities such as London, Berlin, and New York, and rave reviews in newspapers like *Die Welt* and *The New York Times*, Susie Wang is returning to Kristiansand. The last time Susie Wang performed at Kilden was in 2020 with *Licht und Liebe*. The entire run was sold out, so be sure to secure your tickets well in advance.

Heavy Breathers

It’s not easy to be at the top of the food chain. More and more cells are refusing to divide and become like us. Many would rather turn into cancer. The future looks bleak. It’s been a long time since time was on our side. My God, if even nature doesn’t care, who’s going to save us?

In *Heavy Breathers*, we’re at Dr. Jack’s prenatal class. Everyone is past their due date, but the world is a dangerous place and the babies won’t come out. The women are swaying back and forth, about to burst, and groaning. Skyler has swollen feet, Zoe is losing her hair, Sheila is scared, and the universe couldn’t care less.

We have long suspected that nature has grown tired of us. Something has come between us. Now it’s stuck there, neither coming out nor going in. Nature has never really been on our side, anyway.

In *Heavy Breathers*, the female body takes center stage, serving as a breeding ground, a mystery, and a crime scene. There is both sex and violence, and as is typical of Susie Wang, it is the body that bears the brunt. In any case, it has never been on our side.

Death is on our side.

 

"Heavy Breathers" is both a black comedy and an existential body horror film in which the plot moves from life to death and back again, flowing freely between the banal and the cosmic.

 

Language: English

Not suitable for children.

NOTE: Stage smoke will be used during the performance

 

Concept: Susie Wang

Dialect coach: Sarah Valentine

Producer: Bo Krister Wallström

Photo: Simen Ulvestad