Preparing for a miracle is a one-man show in which catastrophe and magic combine to tell the story of the improbable and initiatory quest of Ulysses-despite-himself. Trapped on this large empty stage, the character is constantly subjected to new trials that defy all the rules of common sense. This seemingly straightforward show gradually shifts into a poetic and funny universe where the world has stopped working as it should.

 

This family-friendly show is the company’s first creation designed for large stages. Every aspect of the theatre – its architecture, its objects, its sounds – is used in this production, becoming a medium for the play that runs aground at the heart of the fiction, until the audience no longer knows where reality ends and the show begins.

I wanted to ground this creation – however magical – in reality and in the simplest of things: a theatre and its artifices.

Marc Oosterhoff

Credits

Concept, direction and performance
Marc Oosterhoff

Artistic collaboration, assistant director
Latifeh Hadji

Collaboration on dramaturgy
Eric Vautrin

External views magic
Arthur Chavaudret

Research, concept and sound design
Maxime Steiner

Sound research and design
Olivia Pedroli

Stage design
Léo Piccirelli

Technical direction and lighting design
Leo Garcia

Technical Direction Assistant
Laurie Gerber

Lighting, sound and sound spatialisation
Filipe Pascoal, Armand Pochon (alternately)

Set technicians
Marius Barthaux, Sophia Meyer, Marco Bataille-Testu, David Melendy, (alternately)

Set construction
Ateliers du Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Accessoires
Carole Allemand, Cédric Oosterhoff et Mathieu Dorsaz

Costumes
Marie Jeanrenaud

Make up
Nathalie Monod

Production (création)
Mariana Nunes

Administration
Valérie Niederoest

Booking & Tour management
Isabelle Campiche


 

Production

Cie Moost

 

with the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in the frame of its programme Transforme

 

Coproductions

Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Comédie de Genève
Les 2 Scènes, scène nationale de Besançon
Théâtre du Jura, Saison Culturelle CO2 Bulle

 

Supports

Loterie Romande
Canton de Vaud
Fondation Ernst Göhner
Fonds culturel de la SSA – danse
Fondation Leenaards
Fondation Porosus
Société coopératice Migros Vaud

 

Partnership

Théâtre Forum Meyrin

 

Agenda

31 October to 12 November 2023 Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

16-17-18 November 2023 Festival Transforme – Paris, at the Théâtre de la Cité internationale in the frame of the Festival Transforme – Paris initiated by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès

7 to 15 December 2023 La Comédie de Genève

23-26 January 2024 Les 2 Scènes, Scène nationale de Besançon

3-4 February 2024 Nebia, Bienne

25-26 April 2024 Le Manège, scène nationale de Reims

 

 

Teaser produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne