Sometimes things go too far and somebody ends up getting hurt. That’s when the game’s over. Game Over is about subtle cruelty, unfairness and jealousy. It’s about being on the outside wanting to get in, needing to fit in, wanting to be loved. It’s about human nature, which can sometimes be a bit twisted. What starts off seemingly harmless and all in good fun turns sinister as these three characters all play their part in this tragicomic drama of life.

 

concept, choreography and direction Susan Kempster

authors/interpreters Marta Cinicolo, Vincenzo Capasso, Claudio Malangone

music T. Brinkmann, J. Mandell, R. Strauss

light design Francesco Ferrigno

organization Maria Teresa Scarpa

production Borderline Danza, MIBAC, Regione Campania

 

 

The three legged race requires complicity and balance between the two that run together. Like any relationship, if one pulls too much, or depends too much on the other then things get difficult. Through different life stages the two personalities in this piece push and pull each other in different directions, sometimes depending on each other, sometimes rejecting this dependence and looking for independence. In the end the things that brought them together are stronger than the things that pull them apart.