TRIPLE—DOUBLE

TRIPLE—DOUBLE (2021)

Luis is Bette Davis, performing the hardest skill in the women's artistic gymnastics, while making a sandwich and embodying the actresses he's always been.

A performing experiment combining live theatre, cinematography, animation, and sports broadcasting.

PRESENTED AT

2021 APPLECART ARTS

2021 CHAPTER | EXPERIMENTICA

CREDITS

Creator & Performer Luis Amália
Co-writer & dramaturg Adam Zmith | adamzmith.com
Producer Sarah Calver
Cinematography Tonino Petruzzellis Señor | kintps.com
Movement Outside Eye Alice Watson
Outside Eye Kace Monney
Spatial Designer Xavier Bas | xavierbas.net
Digital Designers Left Handed Cinema | lefthandedcinema.com
Illustration/Animations Mathieu Cadelo | @dole.in.the.atic

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

'Intriguing, Eccentric, Eclectic'.

'Awesome experience. Innovative. Nice. Different. Funny. High quality of arts and playing'.

'I was very entertained! It was an interesting concept that kept me engaged the whole time.
Powerful. It really made me think how people obsess about a particular and very narrow definition of success. Be it sport, cinema, sandwich making'.

'Visceral and melancholy'.

'Finally someone speaking about failure'.

'It was a journey of visuals'.

'Highly original, precise, complex'.

'Exciting, innovative, retro, queer'.

/ / Triple—Double / / addresses topical matters about the pressure society puts on our bodies and opens the debate on mental health in sport.

In a multi-layered digital experience merging live performance, archive footage and animation, You’ll see Luis embody Bette Davis and Blanche Dubois, while performing as a gymnast, and manifesting a queer soul in a sports broadcast.

It’s funny, it’s mad, it’s electrifying, and did I say it's LIVE?

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