Batumi/Zagreb: An eccentric comic tale on Georgias recent history meets a futuristic dance/performance on utopias and ideologies of the East and West.

All photos by John Byford.

The League of Time – performance
BADco. Croatia
A complex operation in time. What happens when the founding social narratives no longer offer the key to understanding reality? A combination of Kafka, futurism, Soviet sci-fi and Eastern European ufology.

In all SEAS events the programme has combined SEAS productions and local art and performances. The SEAS productions are inspired by harbour cities and meetings with other SEAS artists (DATES). A criteria for all productions, be it installations or performances, has been that the piece should work in urban spaces and be easily transportable. However sometimes a traditional theatre works just fine as the presentation space. The gold painted stucco of the audience boxes in the background of the BADco. performance blends in beautifully. And the two performances that were presented at The Batumi Drama Theatre, one local production and one SEAS production, really contrast each other nicely in aesthetics and story: An eccentric comic tale on Georgia’s recent history meets a futuristic dance/performance on utopias and ideologies of the East and West.

Banana and Quince Pudding in Cognac and Rome – performance
Ilia Chavchavadze Batumi State Drama Theatre, Georgia
An eccentric comic tale with a touch of the grotesque, played out in a family’s ordinary kitchen, illustrating Georgia’s recent history and the tragic events of the Russian invasion of August 2008.

All photos by John Byford.

Tags: audience, Batumi, performance