Maria-Magdalena (Mary Magdalene). Wayn Wash III

With Maria-Magdalena (Mary Magdalene) Wayn Traub completes his Wayn Wash Trilogy (part I: Maria-Dolores, part II: Jean-Baptiste).

"Cinema-opera": that was the name Wayn gave to his idiosyncratic combination of theatre, video images and music. He spent a decade tinkering with this theatrical form. All this now comes together in the third part of the trilogy, Maria-Magdalena, which again combines film and theatre. And how! Wayn shot many of the film images in China using no fewer than 57 actors and female dancers and some 40 extras! Zhibo Zhao, one of China’s leading female dancers, and the Belgian singer Gabriel Rios play surprise roles in the film. Jaan Hellkvist, a musical phenomenon from Norway, wrote the score.

As the shaman singer Ioqanan, Wayn Traub stands alone on the stage in a world that is a cross between an installation and a ritual setting. By means of video images, snippets of story and ritual invocations/pop songs, he evokes a contemporary world of aggression, speed, nightlife, seduction, decline, depression, fear and a desire for beauty and coherence.

CONCEPT, SCRIPT & DIRECTOR WAYN TRAUB ADDITIONAL TEXTS JEROEN OLYSLAEGERS MUSIC JÅÅN HELLKVIST WITH PATRICK BEBI, ANDRIAN FISHER, LI MO, SIMONNE MOESEN, ANDY NG, WENXING OYANG, OMAR PORRAS, GABRIEL RIOS, LOTTE VERBEEK, JIA WANG, SHIYUN WANG, YINGYU WANG, ANDREW WISE, ZHAO ZHIBO, E.A. CAMERA ARNOUT ANDRÉ DE LA PORTE

PRODUCTION Toneelhuis

CO-PRODUCTION Théâtre de la Ville, Parijs (FR), Teatro de la Laboral - Ciudad de la Cultura, Gijón (ES), Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg (NL) , ILT09 - Internationalt Levende Teater/Kulturhus Århus(DK), Theaterfestival Boulevard, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL), ThePlanetArtdirectors (BE)