Les Ballets C de la B, Romeu Runa , Miguel Moreira

In a bleak setting that evokes the first, or perhaps the last days of the world, a man slowly stands up in the face of seemingly terrible adversity and tries to construct a thought, a speech that might explain. Implacable, ferocious and tragic, The Old King explores what happens when things collapse, when language fails.

Produced under the guidance of Les Ballets C de la B founder and artistic director, Alain Plâtel, this epic new movement-theatre work was a hit at the 2012 Festival d’Avignon.