THE CHRONIC LIFE

Ensemble Performance with Odin Teatret

Dedicated to Anna Politkovskaya and Natalia Estemirova

Russian writers and human right activists, murdered by anonymous thugs in 2006

and 2009 for their opposition to the Chechnyan conflict.

Friday 26, Saturday 27 October 2012 at 8.00 p.m. and

Sunday 28 October 2012 at 5.00 p.m.

Studio Na Grobli, 30/32 Na Grobli Street, Wroclaw, Poland

CHARACTERS: a Black Madonna, the widow of a Basque officer, a Chechnyan refugee, a Rumanian housewife, a Danish lawyer, a rock musician from the Faroe Islands, a Colombian boy searching for his father disappeared in Europe, an Italian street violinist, two mercenaries.

The Chronic Life takes place simultaneously in different countries of Europe in 2031, after the third civil war. Individuals and groups with different backgrounds come together and challenge each other driven by diverging dreams, deceptions and expectations. A boy arrives from Latin America in search of his father who has inexplicably disappeared. "Stop searching for your father" people tell him while escorting him from door to door.

It is neither knowledge nor innocence that saves the boy. A new ignorance helps him to discover his door. Amid the bewilderment of all of us who no longer believe in the unbelievable: that just one victim is worth more than any value. More than God.

TEXT: Ursula Andkjær Olsen and Odin Teatret ACTORS: Kai Bredholt, Roberta Carreri, Jan Ferslev, Elena Floris, Donald Kitt, Tage Larsen, Sofia Monsalve, Fausto Pro, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Julia Varley DRAMATURG: Thomas Bredsdorff LITERARY ADVISER: Nando Taviani LIGHT DESIGN: Odin Teatret LIGHTING ADVISER: Jesper Kongshaug SCENIC SPACE: Odin Teatret SCENIC SPACE ADVISERS: Jan de Neergaard, Antonella Diana MUSIC: Odin Teatret, traditional and modern melodies COSTUMES: Odin Teatret, Jan de Neergaard TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Fausto Pro DIRECTOR'S ASSISTANTS: Raúl Iaiza, Pierangelo Pompa, Ana Woolf DIRECTOR AND DRAMATURGY: Eugenio Barba