The Talking Car
International circulation

Agnieszka Polska

18 April – 10 October 2024

HAU, Berlim

Theatre

The artist Agnieszka Polska deals with themes related to the ecological crisis, environmental and humanitarian disasters. The Polish artist and Berlin resident, winner of the prestigious National Gallery Prize (Berlin), is the author of hallucinatory and hypnotic works that offer immersive experiences, making us reflect on language, history, science and activating a critical awareness of social and individual responsibility in a post-truth world.

© Bruno Simão

Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte
Vera Mantero, Bartosz Bielenia
Aaron Ronelle

At the invitation of BoCA, Polska created his first play, “The Talking Car”, with an international cast, starring Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte, Vera Mantero and Bartosz Bielenia. On stage, we see a group of people trying to find their way out of a speeding car. They are accompanied by a large-scale digital puppet, which sings and watches their struggles with tender curiosity. The characters in the car, on their way to an ever-changing destination, explore a variety of roles, genders and emotional states. Atmospheric, repetitive music and hypnotic animations add to the melancholy of this immersive tale: a tale about the role of someone trapped in the complex system that combines human and non-human agents, and socio-technological infrastructures.

Sessions

18 – 19.04.24

DeSingel, Antuérpia

20:30

16 – 18.06.24

Wiener Festwochen, Viena

20:30

06 – 07.09.24

Nowy Teatr, Varsóvia

09 – 10.10.24

HAU, Berlim

Duration
75 min
Age rating
M/14
Text and direction
Agnes Poland
Com
Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte, Vera Mantero, Bartosz Bielenia e Nina Guo
Voz off
Jasmina Polak
Dramaturgical support
Olga Drygas
Music
Igor Klaczynski
Light design
Pedro Guimarães
Light operation
Teresa Antunes
Video and sound technician
André Teixeira
Digital puppet animator
Jeremy Coubrough
Video animation on stage
Ewa Poland
Production management
Hugo Alves Caroça
Technical support
Jorge Tejedor
Commission and production
BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts
Co-production
deSingel, New Theatre