Probably one of the finest bands most people have never heard of, quite why Bourgeois & Maurice aren't widely recognised as national treasures is something of a mystery.
The play is lit by candlelight alone, each candle representing a life, so as the play goes on, more people die and it gets increasingly darker (get it?!).
It all starts with the projection of a video on sexual education as seen through the eyes of conservative Catholics (a pleonasm, I guess), who have to face the challenge of talking about procreation without giving away that having sex can actually be, well, beautiful, passionate, orgiastic – and perfectly divorced from its reproductive functions. After an elderly bigot has explained how the man’s stiff penis deposits its sperm into the woman’s slippery vagina in a way that manages to take all the fun out of sex, a woman in a wedding dress appears on stage. Grace Shaber, brilliantly played by Kristin Winters, shows up for the part of the bride in a casting. The male voice of the (casting) director, pre-recorded as all male voices turn out to be – Parulyte thus metaphorizing the infamous male gaze as invisible yet all-observing, almost totalitarian presences –, submits her to what resembles a police questioning, intruding into her personal life choices by asking her why she her
Lithuanian-Luxembourg filmmaker and actress Gintare Parulyte, known for her unapologetically funny way of addressing taboos through her creations, is set to take the backstage in her new play showing at the national theatre (TNL) from 26 November. UK-based Croatian-American theatre maker and actress Kristin Winters plays the lead role of Grace.