Chouf Ouchouf is Arabic for: „Look, but take a real good look!!“ Any time that we confront the new and unknown, we find ourselves slipping into different – and complicated – emotional moods. We project certain unconscious desires and fears onto the other, insisting on the reality of our own perceptions and worldview. To feel more secure, we try hard to implement our own beliefs. But meanwhile, each of us also serves as a blank wall against which others direct their own projections. How can a real relationship take place under circumstances like this? In this desert, how to discover a real oasis instead of a mirage? Chouf Ouchouf enters into this labyrinth of questions and preoccupations. In a torrent of scenes, the topic is humorously twisted around, pushed steeply down, and then soars up into absurdity, to the point where gravity itself is de-commissioned. Chouf Ouchouf exudes intensity and emotion, inspiring and seducing the spectator to look sharp: at the stage and at oneself.
Credits
Concept, direction and stage design: Zimmermann & de Perrot
Composition: Dimitri de Perrot
Choreography: Martin Zimmermann
Interpreted by the acrobates of the Groupe acrobatique de Tanger: Younes Hammich – chef des acrobates, Abdelaziz el Haddad, Jamila Abdellaoui, Adel Chaâban, Younes Yemlahi, Yassine Srasi, Amal Hammich, Mohammed Hammich, Mustapha Aït Ourakmane, Mohammed Achraf Chaâban, Samir Lâaroussi, Najib El Maïmouni Idrissi
Dramaturgy: Sabine Geistlich
Construction Decor: Ingo Groher
Light: Ursula Degen
Sound: Andy Neresheimer
Costumes: Franziska Born with Daniela Zimmermann
Costume construction: Franziska Born / Mahmoud Ben Slimane
Acrobatic Coach: Julien Cassier
Painting: Michèle Rebetez
Light direction: Jorge Bompadre / Cécile Hérault
Sound direction: Franck Bourgoin / Sebastian Geret / Andy Neresheimer / Susanne Affolter
Stage Manager: Jan Olieslagers
Production assistant: Sophie Da Costa
Director, Groupe acrobatique de Tanger: Sanae El Kamouni
Production Director: Alain Vuignier
International Producer: Claire Béjanin
Artistic direction: Dimitri de Perrot / Martin Zimmermann
Photography: Mario del Curto
Artwork: Flag
Production: Verein Zimmermann & de Perrot
Coproduction: Association Scènes du Maroc • Equinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux • Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre de Compiègne • Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre • Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg • MC2: Grenoble • Pour-cent culturel Migros
Final rehearsals at Palais Moulay Hafid à Tanger
Premier: 25 September 2009
Zimmermann & de Perrot are supported by a cooperative funding agreement with the Culture Department City of Zurich, Department of Culture Canton Zurich and Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council.
Since 2006 Zimmermann & de Perrot have enjoyed the support of Foundation BNP Paribas for development of their projects.
Scènes du Maroc is supported by the cooperative service and cultural action of the French Embassy of Morocco, by the institut français de Tanger – Tétouan, by the foundation BMCI and by Cie 111.
Scènes du Maroc enjoys the backing of Fondation BNP Paribas for development of their projects.
Tour
2013
- Tokyo JP 06.06 – 06.09 Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
- Hyogo JP 06.04 Hyogo Performing Arts Center
- Mézières CH 04.18 – 04.21 Théâtre du Jorat
2012
- München D 12.13 – 12.15 Tollwood Festival
- Krakow PL 11.20 – 11.21 Materia Prima int. Festival of the Form Theatre
- Thun CH 09.22 – 09.23 Kultur – und Kongresszentrum
- Bienne CH 09.19 – 09.20 Théâtre Palace
- Antwerpen B 07.11 – 07.22 Zomer van Antwerpen
- Frankfurt D 06.23 – 06.24 Lüften Mouson Arts & Music Festival 2012
- Maribor SI 06.05 – 06.06 Maribor 2012, Capitale Européenne de la Culture
- Vélizy F 05.31 – 06.01 L’Onde
- Bergen NO 05.26 – 05.27 Festival Nordiske Impulser I Bergen
- Mohammedia MA 05.12 Théâtre Municipal
- Casablanca MA 05.09 Studio des arts vivants
- Tanger MA 05.04 – 05.05 Palais Moulay Hafid
- Tétouan MA 04.30 Institut français de Tétouan
- Bourges F 04.02 – 04.03 Maison de la Culture de Bourges
- Colombes F 03.28 – 03.29 L’Avant-Seine, Théâtre de Colombes
- Thonon F 01.17 Maison des Arts Thonon – Evian
- Marseille F 01.10 – 01.14 Le Merlan, scène nationale
2011
- Lyon F 12.06 – 12.31 Célestins Théâtre de Lyon
- Roma I 11.23 – 11.27 Romaeuropa Festival
- Zürich CH 10.11 – 10.30 Maag Halle
- Amiens F 10.06 – 10.07 Maison de la Culture d’Amiens
- Stockholm SE 09.25 – 10.02 Subtopia
- Düsseldorf D 09.20 – 09.22 Altstadtherbst Kulturfestival
- Marrakech MA 06.08 Festival Awaln’art @ Institut Français de Marrakech
- Paris F 05.18 – 05.21 Théâtre National de Chaillot
- Norwich UK 05.13 – 05.14 Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich Theatre Royal
- Brighton UK 05.07 – 05.09 Corn Exchange, Brighton Festival
- Southampton UK 05.02 – 05.04 Nuffield Theatre
- Truro UK 04.28 – 04.29 Hall for Cornwall
- London UK 04.21 – 04.25 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
- Stirling UK 04.16 – 04.17 MacRobert Arts Centre
- Inverness UK 04.12 – 04.13 Eden Court
- Charleroi B 04.08 – 04.09 Palais des Beaux-Arts
- Saint-Denis F 03.31 – 04.03 Théâtre Gérard Philipe CDN
- Marne-La-Vallée F 03.25 – 03.29 La Ferme du Buisson
- Argentan F 03.22 Festival Spring: Le Quai des Arts
- Cherbourg-Octeville F 03.18 – 03.20 Festival Spring: Le Trident
- Bar-le-Duc F 02.19 Action culturelle du Barrois
- Metz F 02.16 – 02.17 L’Arsenal
- Cergy-Pontoise F 01.28 – 01.29 L’apostrophe
- Brugge B 01.25 – 01.26 Cultuur Centrum Brugge
- Drachten NL 01.21 – 01.22 Schouwburg de Lawei Drachten
- Utrecht NL 01.18 – 01.19 Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
- Valenciennes F 01.14 – 01.15 Le Phénix
2010
- Bern CH 12.28 – 12.30 Dampfzentrale
- Châteauroux F 12.19 – 12.20 Equinoxe
- Châlon-sur-Saône F 12.15 – 12.17 Espace des Arts
- Gap F 12.10 – 12.11 Théâtre la Passerelle
- Clamart F 12.07 – 12.08 Théâtre Jean Vilar
- Mâcon F 12.04 – 12.05 Mâcon, s.n.
- Copenhagen DK 11.24 – 11.26 Københavns Internationale Teater
- Baden CH 10.23 – 10.24 Kurtheater Baden
- La Rochelle F 10.06 – 10.07 La Coursive
- Chur CH 10.02 – 10.03 Theater Chur
- Basel CH 09.29 – 09.24 Kaserne Basel
- Roma I 09.28 – 09.29 Romaeuropa Festival
- Ollioules F 09.16 – 09.18 Châteauvallon – Centre Dramatique National
- Zürich CH 08.27 – 08.31 Zürcher Theater Spektakel
- Paris F 07.20 – 07.23 Paris quartier d’été
- Lyon F 07.16 Les Nuits de Fourvière
- Avignon F 07.08 – 07.13 Festival d’Avignon
- Barcelona E 07.03 – 07.04 Grec Festival de Barcelona
- Luxembourg L 06.25 – 12.26 Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
- Mulhouse F 06.02 – 06.03 La Filature – Scène Nationale
- Saint-Etienne F 05.25 – 05.28 La Comédie de Saint-Étienne – centre dramatique national
- Draguignan F 05.21 – 05.22 Théâtres en Dracénie – scène conventionnée
- Champagnole F 05.14 l’Oppidum – Scènes du Jura
- Rotterdam NL 05.01 – 05.02 Rotterdamse Schouwburg
- Compiège F 03.30 – 03.31 Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre de Compiègne
- Petit-Quevilly F 03.25 – 03.26 Scène Nationale de Petit-Quevilly
- Bruxelles B 03.18 – 03.19 Les Halles de Schaerbeek
- Saint Médard en Jalles F 03.11 – 03.12 Le Carré des Jalles
- Grenoble F 02.02 – 02.04 MC2: Grenoble
- Reims F 01.28 – 01.30 Le Manège de Reims – Scène Nationale
- Antwerpen B 01.08 – 01.09 De Singel
2009
- Châlons-en-Champagne F 12.01 – 12.03 La Comète – Scène Nationale
- Basel CH 11.12 – 11.14 Kaserne Basel
- Madrid E 11.05 – 11.09 Festival de Otoño – Circo Price
- Le Havre F 10.14 – 10.18 Le Volcan – Scène Nationale
- Rabat MA 10.05 Théâtre National Mohammed V
- Tanger MA 09.25 – 09.30 Palais Moulay Hafid
