They are between 7 and 14 years old, sons and daughters of multinational executives – or victims of wars and catastrophes. These wealthy, cosmopolitan children and these illegal immigrant children have something in common: they live in small, temporary communities that imitate families. How does this new kind of nomad experience influence them? How do they view the world? In whose reality do they develop? Their presence confronts us with surprising reflections. “At certain times, the children allow themselves to ignore laws. They say: If there’s a war, I’ll wear 6 pullovers on top of each other so that knives and bullets won’t hurt me.” (Stefan Kaegi) “They say children always tell the truth. But perhaps they are so good at lying you can’t differentiate between lies and the truth.” (Lola Arias) 

WITH Oussama Braun, Patrick Bruttin, Aline Lidia De Mello Morais, Kristina Kovalevskaya, Julien Ho, Garima Manek, Clyde Philippoz, Sarah Serafim, Juliette Scialpi DIRECTION Lola Arias, Stefan Kaegi DRAMATURGY Florian Malzacher TEXT Lola Arias, Stefan Kaegi MUSIC Stéphane Vecchione VIDEO Bruno Deville ASSISTANCE Fabienne Rossier, Boris Brüderlin SCENOGRAPHY Dominic Huber LIGHT DESIGN Christophe Glanzmann, David Perez PHOTO Mario Del Curto PREMIERE Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne 06/2008 PRODUCTION Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne COPRODUCTION Festival d’Avignon 2008; Hebbel-am-Ufer, Berlin; Theater Chur; Le-Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg-Scène européenne SUPPORT Pour-cent culturel Migros for the creation / pour la création and Pro Helvetia for the tour / pour la tournée INTERNET www.rimini-protokoll.de

Stefan Kaegi and his group Rimini Protokoll, are considered to be the inventors of a new “Reality Trend” on stage. They focus on people, specialists of a particular theme, who are not actors. Lola Arias is an author, singer, actress and director. Her latest pieces investigate the borders between reality and fiction.