Wayn Wash II: Jean-Baptiste

The director, actor and film-maker Wayn Traub is creating a stir with his ritual theatre. His trilogy, Wayn Wash, deals with three Christian icons: Mary-Dolores, John the Baptist and (in the third part, still to be made) Mary Magdalene.

Wayn Wash II: Jean-Baptiste comprises a theatre play, an exhibition, a CD and a film, all of which are conceived around a chansonnier named Jean-Baptiste. The first step is the play, which will open in September 2004.

Jean-Baptiste is a continuation of Maria-Dolores in both form and content. Two actresses on stage act the parts of a fox and a snake who relate an animal fable in a rather strange sort of way. At the same time we are shown a modern courtroom scene on a video screen. On a second screen we see the making of the recording of the first CD by the French singer Jean-Baptiste.

It soon becomes clear that his music forms an accompaniment to both the courtroom scene and the stage, and in this way unites the different media.