Cargo Sofia photos :: Tuesday 01 May

Judy Molloy from BFK took part in the Cargo Sofia event last night. She brought along her camera. Here are few shots that give a flavour of yesterday’s event.

The audience loitering around chq, waiting for everything to kick-off.

The driver narrating one of his stories from outside of the truck.

Singing amidst the containers.

The driver-cam projected inside the viewing room.

All of the performers join the singer on O’Connell Street. To the bemusement and amusement of the passers-by.

Disembarking back at chq.

Cargo Baksheesh

Ever had trouble at the border?
Last night I went to the dress rehearsal of Cargo Sofia

I don't want to give its secrets away.

But it's a strange and lovely thing to be wished a happy transport, then be driven around your city with the blinds down.
Open up and reveal...well, not like a sight you'd recognise, or a spectacular one you are impressed by...just the side of some containers things really.
Not bam-bam-in-your-face but evocative and real and make-believe and understated and very very human.

C u very soon
*maebh

Currently listening: Pitbull: El Mariel

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Cargo Sofia is coming to Dublin

For a taster of what the Dublin version of Cargo Sofia will entail, have a look at this clip from German TV. Sprechen Sie Deutsch? If not, don't worry the performance will be translated in Dublin. More info here.

Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) Cargo Sofia - Dublin

Dates: April 30 – May 4
Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm (duration 90mins approx)
Venue: Freight truck starting at George's Dock
Tickets:€20/€15
Box Office: +353 18819613/4 or www.project.ie

Supported by Goethe Institut Dublin. www.goethe.de/dublin




Cargo Sofia is a documentary theatre at its best and most engaging. The novel venue for the performance is a freight truck converted to seat an audience of 45 people. Twice nightly, the city becomes the setting for a performance as the audience watches it passing by through the glazed side of the truck. The truck is driven around by two real life Bulgarian truckers who recount the story of their journey from Sofia to Dublin, accompanied by video footage of the journey. The itinerary for the evening will take in visits to people working in and around Dublin port, providing a revealing insight into their daily lives.


Cargo Sofia - Dublin
A Bulgarian truck-ride
by Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll).

With Ventzislav Borissov and Nedyalko Nedyalkov and others.
Concept/Artistic Direction: Stefan Kaegi
Artistic Direction Dublin: Jörg Karrenbauer
Video: Vladimir Miller
Sound: Simon Begemann
Production management: Bettina Land, Anne Schulz
Production Goethe-Institut Sofia and Hebbel am Ufer Berlin.
In Co-production with Theater Basel, PACT Zollverein Essen, Le-Maillon Strasbourg and THEOREM, association supported by the Culture 2000 program of the European Union.
Supported by Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, sponsored by Germany, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Foundation, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung and Forum Goethe-Institut.