The peregrine falcon - fringe ensemble

by J. A. Baker
translated from the English by Andreas Jandl and Frank Sievers, © Matthes & Seitz Berlin

A production of the fringe ensemble in co-production with the Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster and the FFT Düsseldorf

Bettina Marugg and Caroline Scholz Ott read
Live music, percussion Arturo Portugal and Vera Seedorf
Arrangement, text version Frank Heuel
Composition Daniel Ott
Instrument making, co-composition Stephan Froleyks
Room Annika Ley
Assistant director, dramaturgy Lutz Ackermann
Public Relations Claudia Grönemeyer
Production Management Svenja Pauka

Performances

Fri 29 November 2024, 8 pm
Sat 30 November 2024, 8 pm
Theater im Ballsaal, Bonn
Tickets are available from BonnTicket.
Reservation by telephone on 0228 797901 or by e-mail

Fri 24 January 2025, 8 pm
Sat 25 January 2025, 8 pm
Theater im Ballsaal, Bonn
Reservation by telephone on 0228 797901 or by e-mail

“The Peregrine Falcon” by the English author John Alec Baker (1926-1987) is considered a masterpiece of non-fictional literature of the twentieth century. In eloquent poetry, he describes the lives of two pairs of peregrine falcons in the south of England from the position of a close observer.

It is the story of an obsession, a transformation: Over the course of six months, Baker gets closer to the bird and gradually becomes a hawk-like, observant hunter who learns to interpret nature. Birdwatching here is not a technique of observation, it is a way of life, perhaps an attitude to life – borne by the eager desire to understand by looking.

For the reading with the two actresses Bettina Marugg and Caroline Scholz Ott, the composers Daniel Ott and Stephan Froleyks have developed music that accompanies and intensifies the text. The two percussionists Arturo Portugal and Vera Seedorf play on instruments specially developed for this text and Baker’s world.

Supported by: Federal City of Bonn, Ministry of Culture and Sciences of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. A production of the fringe ensemble in co-production with the Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster and the FFT Düsseldorf.