“Memory is often the most beautiful thing in life, I think.” -Romy Schneider in an interview, 1954
What traces does a play leave in the memory of the audience? How long does an evening at the theatre last? Are memories reliable? Does memory change the so-called facts over time? Isn’t the fleetingness of the moment the most precious thing in theatre? The performance theatre project “Bei allem Respekt” (With all respect) poses the question: What does an audience take home with them after an evening at the theatre?
The production “Bei allem Respekt” scrutinises and discusses the relationship between actresses and audience, between performance and criticism, between performance and interpretation. In a mixture of elements of documentary research, performance and live music, the mechanisms of memory are examined and manipulated in three acts. In a kind of field research, the two theatre makers interviewed various people in German and French-speaking countries about their visits to the theatre. The memories fluctuated between an endeavour to correctly reconstruct the experience and a kind of creative retelling.
The French/German-speaking Compagnie Cie. Sündenbock developed “Bei allem Respekt” in Zurich and Lausanne. Two residencies at the Gessnerallee in Zurich and the Théâtre de l’Arsenic in Lausanne got the project rolling. In September, “Bei allem Respekt” celebrated its francophone premiere at the théâtre 2.21 in Lausanne and is now coming to Zurich for its German-language premiere at the Perla-Mode.
The two actresses Malika Khatir and Fiamma Camesi met for the first time in 2006 at the “Est – Ouest” festival and subsequently founded the company Sündenbock – Bouc émissaire.
“Bei allem Respekt” (With all respect)
Director: Fiamma Camesi; Play: Malika Khatir, Fiamma Camesi; Music: Stéphane Blok; Dramaturgy: Iva Sanjek; Text: Sebastien Grosset; Lighting: Sandra Romanelli.
Co-production: Théâtre de l’Arsenic / Théâtre 2.21, Lausanne. The project is supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Kanton Zürich, Ville de Lausanne, Migros Kulturprozent, Pro Helvetia, SSA, Ernst-Göhner Stiftung