Inferno.

A homage to Dante, Strindberg, Fellini and Minimello, Inferno is a puppet show about a low-intensity breakdown.

Enrico is a respected theatre director who recently turned 42. He is expected to come in with a new script, but he has lost his inspiration. What previously seemed obvious and meaningful suddenly feels foreign. Housed in an apartment hotel in Malmö, he tries to escape a spiritual and artistic crisis, but between the unanswered text messages, another reality intrudes. And just like in all really good films, it is uncertain whether the main character is alive or dead, or if it is all just a dream.

Malmö Dockteater continues to invent its own puppet theatre for adults. In a game with reality and everyday life, we recreate familiar environments and situations - grocery stores, video meetings, train journeys, porn films, sports halls, hotel rooms. The performance is created using a mixture of toilet roll puppets, photomontage, live projections and sound editing. It is a collage of poetry and documentary, low budget and hi-tech, jokes and death anxiety, film and theatre. It is something that cannot be seen anywhere else but at Malmö Dockteater.

Inferno is made by

On stage: Erik Holmström, Henrik Svalander, Johanna Svensson

Erik Holmström − screenplay, direction, set design

Henrik Svalander − actor, puppeteer, construction

Johanna Svensson − lighting design, video, stage technology, construction

Sandra Haraldsen − costume and mask design (puppets and actors), photography & image concept

Christian Gabel − music

Sally Palmqvist Procopé − co-director

Lisa Nilsson − communication

Agnes Rosenberg − production

Premiere May 13, 2023 at Bastionen in Malmö.