M.T.M

Timele:

-Only the naked man without identity can be saved, being separate from the cultural poisoning, obeying only the rules of the subconscious, because, even when he tries to get away from society, he gets covered in shit due to the rules of the others. The search for this man (Timele), going through the essence of different cultures and violently stretching him, that´s our final aim.

The form:

-M.T.M. suggests one step forward into the searching for the old ideal of "total theatre", a step known as "digital theatre". Digital theatre is a play on the double meaning of the adjective. It refers to theatre performed using hands and "fingers", and also to a binary conception theatre in which all the areas are binomials expressed in digits.

Image:

-M.T.M. suggests to give the image a transgressing role of scenes. With a premeditated use of direct and previously recorded image, you can distort what is happening on stage. The projection of large format transparencies are used to title the scenes, reinforce the characters and manipulate the audience, with text as well as static image. M.T.M. doesn´t use archive images, all the material used is created within the same show.

Music:

-M.T.M. creates sound starting from the concept of discotheque, seen as a new cult and social meeting space

-M.T.M. is a new opera in which a single beat is the thread and the actors perform the voices and the chorus

Text:

-The text, verbal or even written, is not conceived as an illustration or guide to the action, but as a reinforcement to the actors and as one more manipulation tool.

-The text, verbal or even written, along with the other used languages, helps to create a live environment

Structure:

-M.T.M. is structured into three games, in which the actions are narrated starting from the same initial approach and the same actors-roles. Every game consists of a prologue and an epilogue, and four links - disasters which, remembering the cycle of the story, leads the game to its starting point.

The actors:

-M.T.M. adds to the group language several aspects from the narration. The actors assume their roles and perform a story. But in this case the roles are stereotypes, distributed at the beginning of each game, without any possibility of development.

Stage design:

-Using a stage similar to a simple box, M.T.M. searches for space and reality distortion.

-Thanks to a pair of mirror walls, a giant back projection screen and more than a hundred cardboard boxes, the space can be constantly reorganised, distorted and multiplied to the infinite.

M.T.M. CREDITS:

Created and directed by: La Fura dels Baus

Art coordination: Carlos Padrissa

Technical coordination: Hansel Cereza

Actors coordination: Pep Gatell

Assistent to the actors: Jordi Arús

Audiovisual coordination: Àlex Ollé

Script coordination: Pera Tantiñá & Miki Espuma

Musical concept: Carlos Padrissa & Miki Espuma

Stage design: Carlos Padrissa

Assistant to actors direction: Ramón Simó

Dynamic preparation: Daniel Aschwanden

Image: Emmanuel Carlier (video and photography); Mark Neale, Grant Gee & Jerry Chater (vídeo); Jordi Casinos (Technical

video design); Juanra Canosa, Manuel G. Frasquiel (video editing).

Texts: Albert Mestres

Music: Big Toxic

Lighting: Tomàs Pladevall

Sound: Marc Sardà

Stage production: Roland Olbeter

Creation technicians: Pedro Pablo Hervás, Allberto Pastor

Actors: Joana Barcia, Mia Esteve, Carles Figols, Pedro González, Domènec de Guzmán, Jürgen Müller, Jesús Rodríguez, Antonio

M. Sobral, Soles Velázquez & Rafael Vives.

Camera actor: Hansel Cereza

Musicians: Carlos Padrissa & Big Toxic

Technical coordinator: Hansel Cereza

Stage manager: Susana Cuñado

Image technician: Jordi Casinos

Sound technician: Jordi Fatjó

Lighting technician: Llorenç Vendrell

Stage technician: Apolo Parkinson

Edited by: Pere Ferrer

Production design: Ramón Vidal

Produced by: Marta Pérez-Royo

Assistant to the production: Susana Cuñado

Production secretary: Vicky Murillo

M.T.M. is a production of:

Lisbon´94 Capital Cultural European.

Ajuntament de L´Hospitalet

La Fura dels Baus

With collaboration of:

Ruhrfestpiele Recklinghausen Europäisches Festival, Recklinghausen,

Fira de Barcelona,

Steenfestival 1994, Ambers,

Tempodrom, Berlín.