ˋTriptychˊ, which was recognised at the Spanish Critics Awards as best international theatre production, will be staged in September.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife is launching its new season with two performances of the Belgian theatre and dance company Peeping Tom. The company will stage in Tenerife Triptych: The Missing Door, The Lost Room, and The Hidden Floor, recognised at the Spanish Critics’ Awards as the best international theatre production of 2023. The performances are scheduled for 6 and 7 September, starting at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are already on sale.

Triptych is a reworked version of three short pieces Peeping Tom created for the Nederlands Dans Theater. Gabriela Carrizo directed the first part, The Missing Door, while Franck Chartier provided the two following instalments: The Lost Room, and The Hidden Floor. Carrizo and Chartier wanted to bring these pieces into the Peeping Tom repertory to be able to continue performing them. Together, the choreographers reimagined the pieces for the dancers of their company. In that sense, Triptych shows how different bodies, idioms, and working methods can overlap and mutually nourish one another.

Each part of the trilogy has its own stage and evokes a film set. The setting of The Missing Door is a room or hallway full of doors that cannot be opened. The action of The Lost Room takes place in a ship's cabin and focuses on the protagonists' inner worlds. The Hidden Floor takes place on the ship's abandoned restaurant stage, where the forces of nature have taken over. The sets are changed between each part before the audience as part of the show as if it were the live staging of a film.

Yet another layer is to be found in the new team of performers that Peeping Tom selected primarily for the characters of Triptych. Carrizo and Chartier focused on the new group's distinctive combination of technical qualities, straddling dance and theatre. With their own physical vocabulary, the new dancers will trace new lines of memory, not only across Triptych but also across the company.

The Peeping Tom company was founded in 2000 by the Argentinian Gabriela Carrizo and the Frenchman Franck Cartier and has presented its creations around the world. Carrizo and Cartier have been honoured with several important awards, including the FEDORA Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet for La Visita, an Olivier Award in the United Kingdom for 32 rue Vandenbranden, and a Patrons Circle Award at the International Arts Festival in Melbourne as well as several selections for the Belgian and Dutch Theatre Festivals.

Triptych is recommended for audiences of 16 or older, as it includes scenes that some may find offensive. It makes use of nudity, graphic violence, disturbing content, adult themes and sex scenes, a smoke machine, startling sound effects and strobe lighting.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of 15 euros and 5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for August, when the box office will be closed. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.