Acte sans Paroles, Samuel Beckett
Madame Suzie Productions
Nantes / France

Directed by David Humeau and Yvon Lapous, "Catastrophe", "Fragment de théâtre" and "Acte sans Paroles" form a triptych in which choreography, text and visual theater merge. In these plays, written between 1956 and 1982, Samuel Beckett questions the absurd and the complexity of human existence with radicalism and humor.
The burlesque and silent ballet of the play "Acte sans Paroles", for which Gerriets made the stage cloth out of CORFU PLUS, shows a lonely figure trying to grab objects that slip away from him in a moving environment.

Project

For the set of the play "Acte sans Paroles" by Samuel Beckett, which is set in a desert and thus in a space with excessive exposure to light, set designer Tim Northam chose CORFU PLUS stage cloth for its pristine white and its non-slip coating, which gives it a beautiful sheen and excellent traction. Another important benefit of CORFU PLUS carpet for the set designer was that it lays flat, yet "can be rolled up, unrolled, folded and carried several times during the performance."
Contrasts between light and dark areas, soft or bright lighting effects, a successful staging and presentation thanks to the CORFU PLUS carpet, the white carpet pad at the heart of this creation:

• Production of a CORFU PLUS stage cloth in the colour white with the dimensions 6.50 m x 4.00 m (two webs sewn horizontally with a belt sewn on the back to maintain the flatness of the carpet despite the seam).

Staging & Interpretation

• David Humeu

Stage design

• Tim Northam

Client

• Madame Suzie Productions

Location

• Nantes / France