A work that delves into the darkest depths of the internet in order to explore the superficiality of interpersonal relationships in the digital world and the fragmentation of geographical borders in our modern networked universe.
‘Black Clouds’ follows the scams of cybercriminals from Ivory Coast who manage to get money from naive Westerners in exchange for promises of wealth or romance. In their hands the internet turns into a courtyard where confused people meet, and a platform for manipulation.
The production raises issues of sex tourism, colonialism of the body, and the digital divide between North and South. It explores the controversial nature of the unbridled, unsupervised medium that is called the deep web or darknet, as a tool that is simultaneously used for purposes of liberation or enslavement, emancipation or propaganda.
CAST & CREW
Writer and Director: Fabrice Murgia
Performers: Valérie Bauchau, Fatou Hane, El Hadji Abdou Rahmane Ndiaye, François Sauveur
Dramaturgist: Vincent Hennebicq
Assistant Director: Vladimir Steyaert
Video: Giacinto Caponio
Video Assistant Director: Dimitri Petrovic
Lighting Designer: Emily Brassier
Sound Designer: Maxime Glaude
Stage Manager: Marc Defrise
Lights: Aurélie Perret
Sound: Jeison Pardo Rojas
Video: Ledicia Garcia
Stage Supervisor: Emma Depoid
Technical Supervisor: Camille Sanchez
Starting time 21:00
Produced by: Cie Artara. Co-produced by: La Fondazione Campania dei Festival – Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, Théâtre National-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Namur, le manège.mons, Théâtre de Grasse. Supported by Eubelius. Fabrice Murgia is a collaborating artist of the Théâtre National-Bruxelles.
