Exodus

Written as an allegory, Exodus is a multi-disciplinary performance that questions the large migration waves. Four artists from different backgrounds tell the tragic story of a migrant’s deafening silence. They tell about their dreams of freedom, washed up on the shores of a “free” country.  A moment of fragile beauty changing your perception of reality, revealing the delicate nature of the balance and evanescence of life. Told through music, theatre, video, puppet and circus, it is a disturbing symbol of the current situation of refugees facing “the European fortress.” This piece will feature an American based Iraqi refugee, Rahim Alhaj.

“I have a crush on this stunning play”
-Dans quel monde – RTBF

“An overwhelming show between past and present, between drama and poetry”
-CIRé

With the help of : la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (B), la Région Wallonne (B), Le 140 (B), la Chaufferie-Acte 1 (B), ESACT – Ecole Supérieure d’Acteurs de Liège (B), le Centre Culturel de Namur/ les Abattoirs of Bomel (B), le Zomer Van Antwerpen (B), le Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes de Charleville-Mézières (F), l’Espace Catastrophe – Centre International de Création des Arts du Cirque (B), l’Abbaye de Leffe (B), l’Allumette (B).

The 8th La MaMa Puppet Festival Fall 2018 has been made possible with support from Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, Puppet Slam Network, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and public support by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Cultural on the Arts. Additional support from  Cheryl Henson is gratefully acknowledged.  

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