Wasted Land
A fiery, whimsical musical performance led by Berne-based South African artist Ntando Cele, a dazzling performer with vibrant, ironic energy.
Against an apocalyptic backdrop, she brilliantly tackles the human disasters of fast fashion and Western feel-good ecology, reassured by organic labels and comforting promises of recycling. When one person’s sustainable dream becomes another’s disaster… With Egyptian composer Wael Sami Elkholy and three remarkable singerperformers, Wasted Land is a wild and liberating plea for decolonial ecology.
Text by KVS
concept and direction Ntando Cele ⎸ with Ntando Cele, Brandy Butler, Françoise Gautier, Steffi Lobréau ⎸ composition and musical direction Wael Sami Elkholy ⎸ beats by Soukey ⎸ costumes Rudolf Jost ⎸ artistic and technical collaboration Sandro Griesser ⎸ collaboration in dramaturgy Raphael Urweider, Davide-Christelle Sanvee, Payal Parekh ⎸ assistant director Joëlle Antonie Gbeassor ⎸ sound Janyves Coïc ⎸ lighting Demian Jakob ⎸ video Janosch Abel, Nicolas Gerlier ⎸ props Mathieu Dorsaz ⎸ stage management Véronique Kespi ⎸ stage management Véronique Kespi ⎸ lighting technicians Cassandre Colliard, Julie Nowotnik ⎸ video technician Victor Hunziker ⎸ costume workshop Machteld Vis, Nora-Li Hess ⎸ set building Ateliers du Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne ⎸ production Judith Martin, Marion Caillaud, Manaka Empowerment Prod., Nina Sautter, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne ⎸ booking Elizabeth Gay ⎸ coproduction DE SINGEL, Bonlieu, scène nationale Annecy, Maison Saint-Gervais, Genève, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Festival NEXT, Dampfzentrale, Berne Dans le cadre du Projet Interreg franco-suisse n° 20919 – LACS - Annecy-Chambéry-Besançon-Genève-Lausanne ⎸ with the support of Expédition Suisse (LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Gessnerallee Zürich, Theater Chur, Kaserne Basel, Théâtre St-Gervais Genève, Dampfzentale Bern, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne), Kultur Stadt Bern, Swisslos - Kultur Kanton Bern, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, Corodis, Loterie romande, Burgergemeinde Bern, Fonds de dotation Porosus, Migros-Kulturprozen, Landis & Gyr Stiftung Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung ⎸ in collaboration with Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig ⎸ many thanks to Isabel Gygax, Ueli Kempter, Patricia Kafwamba Oguey
