KINSKI – ROI DE RATS
Kinski – Roi de Rats (King of Rats) tells the story of Kinski, a troubled and unemployed actor, who finds himself having to sell vampire teeth to survive. In a demonstration of the product’s potential through the staging of Nosferatu, Kinski ends up turning into a rat, in protest, and stinks up the whole town. KINSKI is ready to be on the loose in public space in a context of homelessness.
The extreme transfiguration of Rui Paixão’s body feeds chaos, disorder and an unusual absurdity, through improvisation and interaction with the public, with artistic interventions that mix visual arts, physical theatre and the clown.
Interview
Read an interview with Rui Paixão: about why he is inspired by Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog and the film Nosferatu – and about the special energy within the universe of the clown, and why the theatre is a zoo and the street a jungle: KINSKI – ferocity in the streets at PASSAGE Festival (English Google translation)
INFO
Duration: 50 min.
Age: From 12 years
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals. READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
Kinski – Roi de Rats (King of Rats) tells the story of Kinski, a troubled and unemployed actor, who finds himself having to sell vampire teeth to survive. In a demonstration of the product’s potential through the staging of Nosferatu, Kinski ends up turning into a rat, in protest, and stinks up the whole town. KINSKI is ready to be on the loose in public space in a context of homelessness.
The extreme transfiguration of Rui Paixão’s body feeds chaos, disorder and an unusual absurdity, through improvisation and interaction with the public, with artistic interventions that mix visual arts, physical theatre and the clown.
Interview
Read an interview with Rui Paixão: about why he is inspired by Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog and the film Nosferatu – and about the special energy within the universe of the clown, and why the theatre is a zoo and the street a jungle: KINSKI – ferocity in the streets at PASSAGE Festival (English Google translation)
INFO
Duration: 50 min.
Age: From 12 years
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals. READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
VIDEO
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Rui Paixão aims to explore new possibilities and contributes for physical theater and new circus/ new clown with a focus on artistic creation for public space. As a creator, his main works features Cirque du Soleil and the pieces HAMSTER CLOWN (co-creation), ALBANO, KINSKI – Roi de Rats (Les SUBS, Lyon) and Circo do Coliseu do Porto 2022.
CREDITS
Creation: Rui Paixão / Holy Clowns
Artistic direction, concept and performance: Rui Paixão
Plastic Direction, Dramaturgic Support, Masks and Props: Cristóvão Neto
Costume Design and Premiere Production: Lola Sousa + Nuno Encarnação
Assistant to the Masks Production: Álvaro Jesus, Bárbara Amen + Beatriz Prada
Technical Support: Hugo Grave
Poster and Illustration: Out IAM
Production on the Creation: Les Subs + Rui Paixão/Holy Clowns
Production House: Produção d’Fusão
Photo: João Versos Roldão
Co-production: Les Subs, Centro de Artes de Águeda + Cine Teatro de Estarreja
Support for Creation Residences: ICC Santa Maria da Feira, CRL – Central Eléctrica, Centro Cultural de Paredes de Coura and with the complicity of the CND de Lyon.