CAFÉ BON BON
Audio tour and performance
"From the moment I stuck my head in the refrigerator, I was completely involved. The whole experience went under my skin, deep into my guts and stirred around a while using all my senses. Great. "
- Harmen Tromp (Linz Conservatory)
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CAFE BON BON is a clandestine adventure through the city - beginning in front of the refrigerator of one's own home, out onto the city streets and into a real Night Club. Alone and instructed by a voice on a portable CD player, audience participants slip into the skin of one of four different contemporary characters, who for different reasons all end up in Cafe Bon Bon - a club where a performance is already underway.
Embedded in an actual night club with real patrons who know nothing about the audio adventure, the show is a raucous potpourri of songs, musical numbers, puppet shows, live feed camera scenes at the bar, tap dance and poetry slams...all dealing with the themes of love, longing and identity. Occasionally one of the performers approaches an audience member and whisks them away into a back room where a private one on one performance takes place. Everyone's experience of the night is different depending on where he or she is sitting and what he or she is willing to do.
