Kaxxa Infernali: Explosions

“Kaxxa Infernali : Explosions” is a 50 minutes solo piece. It unfolds a ‘sound’ landscape of voices, sounds, noise and histories (personal and national) connected to different types of explosions – military, ritualistic, artistic, and criminal – from fireworks to bombs on the Island of Malta. Silence has come to play an essential role in this creation

CREATIVE TEAM CONCEPT AND CREATION Jimmy Grima and the rubberbodies collective TEXT Jimmy Grima and Joachim Robbrecht DRAMATURGY Maria Rößler VOICES Carmen Ellul (auntie), Saver Ellul (uncle), Godfrey Farrugia (fireworks master), Choir of Men SET DESIGN Adrian Mamo FIREWORK PROPS Godfrey Farrugia AUDIO RESTORATION Mario Sammut LIGHTS AND VISUALS Jimmy @Tiny Island Studio STAGE MANAGER Adrian Mamo ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER  Julia Camilleri HERO IMAGE Ira Brand TYPOGRAPHY Jimmy Grima @Tiny Island Studio FOR “FILFLA LAMENT” O.S.T LYRICS Jimmy Grima and Joachim Robbrecht GUITARS Steve Delia VOICE Mariele Zammit SPECIAL THANKS Fireworks licensee Lawrence Schembri Ornithologist Benjamin Metzger THANKS Michael Grima, Cheyenne Stutzriem, Jon Mallia, Mark Camilleri, Sean Decelis, Mark Anthony Falzon, Noah Fabri, Dennis Pullicino from Transient Lights and Sound, and the St Philip Fireworks Factory, especially fireworks masters Mark Ciantar, Jason Vella, Philip Zammit, Antoine Micallef, Antoine Grima, Joseph Borg and Twanny Borg. RESEARCH RESEARCH ASSISTANT Sean Decelis TRANSCRIPTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS Julia Camilleri ANTHROPOLOGICAL ADVISOR Mark Anthony Falzon ARTISTIC ADVISOR
Florian Malzacher INTERVIEWED Carmen Ellul, Saver Ellul, Godfrey Farrugia SOURCES Times of Malta Archive, National Archives, A Study of Newspaper Coverage Reporting Improvised Explosive Devices Incidents in the Maltese Islands, by Shanice Schembri, University of Malta, 2019 PRODUCTION THE RUBBERBODIES COLLECTIVE CREATIVE PRODUCER Jimmy Grima PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Stephanie Bonnici, Nicole Blackman, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ira Melkonyan . A co-production of Spazju Kreattiv and the rubberbodies collective. With the kind support of the German-Maltese Circle and the Goethe Institute.

Tuesday, 8th June 2021 at 8 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Wednesday, 9th June 2021 at 8 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Thursday, 10th June 2021 at 8 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Friday, 11th June 2021 at 8 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Saturday, 12th June 2021 at 6 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Saturday, 12th June 2021 at 9 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Sunday, 13th June 2021 at 5 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta

Sunday, 13th June 2021 at 8 pm Spazju Kreattive Valletta, Malta