von dev-COG | Mrz 3, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
Curious how an idea can become a fact; how in the distant rooms of a German apartment a thought can form into a reality one Thursday almost a year later. How a chance conversation online can suddenly see you transported into a world of colour, dust, poverty and so...
von dev-COG | Feb 27, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
We concluded our last rehearsals tonight, just a few hours before we have to leave for Morang in the morning. At 6am… a ridiculously early hour, but we’re all looking forward to it – after all, we haven’t seen much of Kathmandu, not to mention,...
von dev-COG | Feb 24, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
There’s a man in a cap behind the counter of the cantine at which we eat. He stands there every day, his hands crossed in front of his black leather jacket, smiling at us beneath his traditional hat. He barely speaks, but his smile is welcoming each...
von dev-COG | Feb 20, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
Today began both our workshop and rehearsals. As I mentioned before, we’re working and staying at the Shilpee Theatre; a wonderful collective of creative people whose goal it is to educate, emancipate and entertain. We sleep in bunk beds on either side of the...
von dev-COG | Feb 17, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
It felt like three days, but the reality was merely eleven hours between the neat tiles of Zurich airport, and the dusty yellow of Kathmandu. We saw the mountains first – the Himalayas crashed like a wave out of the haze that covered the city, and just like...
von dev-COG | Feb 15, 2017 | 2017 Nepal I
Last rehearsals before leavingFor those of you who don’t know us, I suppose a quick introduction might be in order: Anita Bertolami, Anita Fricker and Shiva Grings. Our forth and final member, Yubaraj Ghimire, a theatre director from Nepal, will meet us in...
