" 300 el x 50 el x 30 el. BAM'S NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL. FIRST FEATURE FROM BELGIAN FESTIVAL

 300 el x 50 el x 30 el, ( pronounced  300 el by 50 el by 30 el )

 Is the amazing story of an entire village faced with an oncoming flood.

 There is an on stage film crew which takes the audience behind it's closed and broadcast

 the villagers private lives which the audience members watch on screen.

This play/performance art is nothing like any one has ever seen before, especially the New York audience and the performance is mesmerizing from the beginning to the end.  Just the set depicting many cabin like houses in dire need of fixing and the flood is being anticipated on top of it. Beside the oncoming flood and the feeling of devastation, the set implied, at least to this viewer the decay, the waste and the metaphorical horrors encountering us soon about the demise of human behavior under threat of all kinds especially of the enviornment.  There are no words in this play and still the Belgian theater collective FC Bergman with their incredible visuals and an extremely praise worthy set, depict so many emotions such as ever present human fear, anxiety, loneliness, extreme isolation, terror of oncoming disaster and humor and hope as well.  I could never take my eyes away from the set, the performers and even the film crew. They were fast and furious with their energy and stamina and craft.

This show has travelled all over Europe and it was a great chance for me to see it. I wish it ran for a longer period of time because it's worth seeing twice or even three times.

The show becomes a volcano of human energy and stamina when many, many other performers join the group with intense dance like movements witch accompanies the furious fever's highest pitch and  the scary enthusiasm of the flood's approach.

This show is fascinating, unique, engrossing and very funny at times.  I shall think about it for a long time to come.

BRAVO FC BERGMAN COLLECTIVE .

REVIEWED

BY

BINA SHARIF

ACTA 

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