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House No. 5

Two performers lying on the floor. One of which is on a wheelchair.

16th July 2017

House No. 5 is a co-creation between BFT and members of the Company’s theatre laboratory, Fortinbras, the only independent arts school in Belarus, which was founded by Nicolai Khalezin in 2007.

Set in modern-day Minsk, House No. 5 transforms real-life testimonials into an evocative theatrical portrait of the everyday experiences of disabled people, performed by a cast of Fortinbras students and disabled non-professional actors. The production confronts the daily reality of exclusion and “otherness” to expose deep-rooted stereotypes and prejudices that deny true equality of opportunity to disabled people.

“moving and mordant stories about sexuality, society and living with disability in Belarus, and pulsating wheelchair choreography. At the end, over riotous applause from the audience tightly backed on benches and cushions, the company beckons us to get up and dance. So we do”


The Arts Desk, 26 February 2018

GALLERY

Close up to a performer on a wheelchair while another performer climbs over the back of the wheelchair
Two performers lying on the floor. One of which is on a wheelchair.
One performer in wheelchair talking to another performer who is fastening her heel on the lap of the performer on wheelchair.
Two people talking, one standing while the other is sitting on a wheelchair.
One performer doing handstand. Another performer is trying to pull out a string of light from the crotch of the performer on handstand.
A performer is sitting in a corner of a dark room. He seems so be talking to someone behind the camera
A performer is doing movements with wheelchair. They are lying on top of one wheel of the wheelchair.
Six performers standing behind one blanket that is hanging by the wall. The two performers standing at each end are holding hands above the head. One of the couple is holding a wheelchair.
Several people are clumped up on a chair, forming a tower like shape.
Close up to a performer on a wheelchair who has fallen on the ground with the shoes taken off.
One performer sitting in a corner of a dark and empty room. She is holding up a string of light around her face like a frame.
A performer is fixing a wheelchair.
Three performers are lying down. Each of the three other performers are standing by the feet of the laid down performers with their arms up.
One performer on a wheelchair. Four others are walking around her. The one on the wheelchair is shaking her head vigorously as if she has just been slapped
Close up to a performer lying down next to the wheel of a wheelchair.
Close up to a performer on a wheelchair. She is holding her right wrist with her left hand.
One performer is on a wheelchair and another performer is sitting on the back support of the same wheelchair.
A performer is sitting in a dark empty room holding a string of light and curiously looking into the light.
A performer is in a dark room showing movements with a wheelchair.
Close up to the bottom half of two performers standing in a dark room leaning against each other.
In a dark room with a blanket hanging on the wall, there is a spotlight in the middle. On the spotlight there lies a large plastic bag
One performer is sitting next to a chair.
Two performers in wheelchairs are smiling at each other.
Dark image with a silhouette of a performer and a form of light in the middle.
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