The Tropic of X, de l’autrice latinex Caridad Svich, raconte l’histoire de Maura et Mori, deux jeunes itinérants amoureux et passionnés de jeux d’arcade, qui hantent une zone sinistrée bondée de touristes, aux confins de la parole.
Maura et Mori et leur ami Kiki se réconfortent mutuellement ou auprès de touristes décevants, s’étourdissent de vaines distractions et dans la poursuite d’un rêve consumériste, nirvana paralysant, luttant, séduisant et troquant pour survivre aux marées rageuses d’un lieu au bord de l’abysse.
In the polyglot Americas, leaning south: a market of video arcades, old and new drugs, Nescafé internet cafes, swift-changing political regimes, Fluctuating currency, cheap sex for the tourist trade, ex-bullrings turned into discos and hotels, white cars and bright blue houses with peeling paint, fresh murals on ruined walls, and a view of the limitless, dirty sea.
-Caridad Svich
The Tropic of X, by Latinx playwright Caridad Svich, is the story of Maura and Mori, two street kid lovers and arcade freaks who live in a touristed wasteland at the end of the alphabet. Together with their friend Kiki, they take refuge: in each other, in taunting tourists, in the next distraction, and in the chase of a consumerist dream – a numbing high as they rage, seduce, and barter to survive the roaring tides of a place on the edge of collapse.
Texte Caridad Svich
Mise en scène Sophie Gee
Avec Arlen Aguayo Stewart, Eric Davis, Braulio Elicer, Gitanjali Jain, and Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon
Crédits supplémentaires et autres informations
Décor et costumes Eo Sharp
Lumière Sonoyo Nishikawa
Son Mariano Franco
Régie Isabel Faia, assistée de Danna-Rae Evasiuk
90 minutes
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