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INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
13 - 17 Jan
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QUI SOM / WHO ARE WE?
13 - 17 JanMimeLondon -
supporting contemporary visual theatre
Michael Zandl
FOOD
Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room
Wed 13 > Sun 17 January 2027. UK Premiere
Like a swarm of locusts devouring all in its path, humanity sweeps across the planet.
Everything is up for grabs, everything is edible, everyone wants more.
Michael Zandl’s circus-theatre company invites you to an extraordinary feast where art can literally taste delicious and scenery is there for the eating. Watch as the boundaries between desire and necessity blur, giving rise to something bizarre, surprising, and hypnotic.
Featuring expert object manipulation, acrobatics, illusion and deadpan humour, everyone gets stuffed in this hilarious, wordless circus reflection on contemporary consumerism.
Trained as an agricultural scientist and circus artist, Austrian born Michael Zandl is based in Holland. His previous show Sawdust Symphony was an Edinburgh hit, described by the Guardian as ‘Looney Tunes meets Pina Bausch' and by Broadway World as ‘wonderfully absurd... leaving spectators in awe’. With FOOD the company makes its London debut.
Runs approx. 55 mins / no interval
Age guidance: 8+
Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult at the Southbank Centre
Age guidance: 8+
Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult at the Southbank Centre
Presented by the Southbank Centre
Supported by MimeLondon
Concept/director: Michael Zandl
Artists/co-authors: Fidel Rott, Hedvig Brodén, Jakob Vöckler & Karin Brodén
Artistic advise: Dennis Molendijk
Outside eye: Sara Sguotti, Ariane Oechsner, Arne Mannott
Sound design: Victor Maillard
Light design: Lisette van der Linden
Stage design and effects: Michael Zandl
Costumes: Germain Charlat
Production: Mirjam Zwanenburg (Korzo)
Producer: Korzo
Funded by: Bondsministerie Republiek Oostenrijk, Ministerie van OC&W NL, Stad Den Haag
Co-producers: Perplx, Winterfest Salzburg, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof & CirkLabo
“A crescendo of chaos, absolutely brilliant”
"Looney Tunes meets Pina Bausch"
Photos: © Jona Harnischmacher