Black Horse - The Way of All Fish

Black Horse

directed by Melanie Zander

Summary

Black Horse is Bruno's second play to be produced by the ESOC Theatre Group, after the successful production of Water Under the Bridge in the Spring of 2012, in Darmstadt and Antwerp. 

The play, in the form of a satire, hinges on 2 main premises, postulated by eminent modern scholars and thinkers: 

• Healing is a process that goes beyond technology: It is an ancient, intimate, non-sexual, act of love between human beings, where all involved are transformed by it. It requires rituals, including touching (see Dr. Abraham Verghese).

• Sometimes everything is peaches & cream and then shit happens, and vice-versa: Life is more arbitrary than we like to think (see Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb) .

The resulting plot mixes tragedy and humor and is set in a "not so distant" future, where the traditional family doctor or general practitioner, as we still know, has been made obsolete by technology and excessive specialization, and is regarded as a sort of mystic shaman, or tribal druid. Bacteria spreads easily as a result of developed resistance to antibiotics, thus nursing general public phobia. People without a private medical insurance are criminalized and left to their fate outside the main stream system. Against this background two men struggle to find their place and restore their hopes. 

About the Author

Bruno is a soon-for-the-third-time father (all boys) and a spacecraft engineer (Solar Orbiter), and has been a member of the ESOC Theatre Group for almost 10 years, during which period he has acted in several plays, including two appearances at FEATS, directed once, chaired the group, and since 2009 enjoys writing plays - for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends and fellow theater enthusiasts.

Music Score

Fairytale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Cast

Healer                Mark Grundy

Man                   Jens Raymaekers

Cleaner              Claire Beadman-Lakey

Girl                    Jessica Wright

Agent Smith       Carlo Enrico Ghisi

Agent Anderson  Pedro Nabais

Neighbour           Lydia Bridge

Another Man       Rauno Ots

Crew

Assistant Director      Claudia Tranquilli

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