THEATRE

The dengue fever hallucinations of a Dominican artist serve as a catalyst to question and push the boundaries of their body and virtual reality, while the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight.

Devised between islands (Chiloé, Dominican Republic, and London), this play is based on a collection of poems by Dominican actor/artist Víctor Arcturus Estrella, and directed online by Chilean director Francisco Noulibos. It was inspired by Víctor's own severe dengue infection more than a decade ago. This show explores what it means to own (or not) a body on the brink of a virtual phase of late-stage capitalism.

The play whimsically explores the body in relation to the end of the world, identity, mortality, capitalist-realist-virtuality, and our place in the universe. It blends physical theatre, poetry, performance art, and audience participation with high doses of irony and vulnerability, while transiting across English, Spanish, and visual languages.

Written, devised, and performed by: Víctor Arcturus Estrella
Devised and directed by: Francisco Noulibos

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Assistant Director: Juan Galeano Pareja
Dialect Coach: Sarah English
Movement Director: Ariana Lebrón
Scenic and Graphic design by: Christophe Eynde
Lighting Design and technician: Conor Costelloe
Original music by: Adriano Sang

Photography: Sim Ahmed

Show photography: Morris Shamah

T-shirt photography by: Federico Fernández (Chichi)

Social media design by: Astrid Gómez

Based on an unpublished poem collection written and translated by Víctor Arcturus Estrella.

Produced by: Valeria Suaste and Víctor Arcturus Estrella
A Teatro Utopía Production

Special thanks to Petit Village, Dominicanos en Acción, and Film Actualization