Motherfucker

Written and Directed by Miriam Bäckström

Motherfucker is a relationship drama oscillating within a labyrinth of roles, positions and perspectives. A female director (female actress) asks a male actor to forge a character.

"Surprise me," the director commands the actor.
"Sure, just tell me what to do," the actor replies.

Two actors, a man and a woman, sit in chairs facing each other on a stage, surrounded by four fixed cameras. Behind them is a live video projection, mixing between the four cameras into one image. The live audience's perspective must shift between the actors on stage and their mediated video projections on the screen.

The roles use each other, stand in relation to each other, create each other, cannot exist without each other; if one role changes, so must the other. The two actors begin the performance as a married couple. The shifting control and dependencies, of each other and of their own desires and drives, float between acted roles and private thoughts and feelings. Humiliation and ridicule become tools and raw material.

The script has been developed over the last year and was first produced and staged at the National Gallery in Stockholm in 2011, this will be its first showcase in the U.K.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with an international fine artist on a piece which straddles the both Theatre and the fine arts. We are looking for experienced cast members who are versatile, playful and able to improvise.

Submission deadline Monday 24 September in the form of a CV with recent headshot

ROLES

Male – 30s – 50s

Female – 30s-50s

Company: Artes Mundi – Wales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize.

Director: Miriam Bäckström

Location: Chapter Arts Centre

Dates: Rehearsals to take place between 12^th – 16^th of November,

Performance: 28^th November, two evening performances

Casting Details: Casting by invitation only from 27th and 28^th of September Artes Mundi Office.

Artes Mundi will offer £600 for rehearse and play.

Please submit via melissa.hinkin@artesmundi.org or by post to: Melissa Hinkin, St John’s Chambers, High Street Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1BD

T. +44(0)29 2055 5300

W: www.artesmundi.org