The stage is covered with grass and half a car is about to enter. Two red-headed figures and a coffee craving neighbor appear. Movements take place and the music mixes with sounds of birds and lawn mowers. Suddenly the rain juggles under a cloud. Big and small, the perspectives are playing with us. Here in the grass, anything can happen!
The family performance Grass is an imaginative collaboration between Claire Parsons Co and Marionetteatern, with dancers, puppeteers and circus artists meeting on stage for the first time.
The collaboration stems from compatible views on performing arts for young audiences; interest in the space, how to communicate with young ages and the mix of expressions.
As in Parsons’ signature piece MARMALADE, GRASS is curious and inventive in its movement, dancing and surreal imagery. Different dimensions are explored in big and small perspectives with people and puppets. Clouds are attached to a clothesline in the twilight, a big foot appears on stage and a long blade of grass is cut with a huge pair of scissors. It is imaginative, absolutely wondrous and ingenious.
(Svenska Dagbladet)
A classic and wonderfully tender performance.
(Växjö Allehanda)
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION
Claire Parsons
ORIGINAL CAST
Emelie Garmén, Magnus Erenius (Marionetteatern), Viktor Gyllenberg
SCENOGRAPHY
Anna Nyberg
MUSIC AND MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS
Mikael Svanevik
COSTUME DESIGN
Bitte Palm
HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP
Gunilla Pettersson
LIGHTING DESIGN
Olof Carlsson
PUPPETS
Kay Tinbäck Du Rées
PUPPETRY INSTRUCTION
Helena Nilsson
Grass is a co-production between Claire Parsons Co. and Marionetteatern at Stockholm City Theatre. It premiered in September 2016. Produced with support from the Swedish Arts Council, The Stockholm Cultural Council and Stockholm Regional Council.
Photographer: Petra Hellberg.
The photos may be used only in connection to performances by Claire Parsons Co. The photographer’s name must be stated.
