Hi, we are
Superamas
Superamas is a collective of artists
based in France and Austria
For the last 20 years, they have been produced in many theatres and festivals in Europe and North America and have imposed their BIG trilogy. They then created EMPIRE (Art & Politics), YOUDREAM and THEATRE. They also exhibit in Art Galleries, produce films and publish books. With Les Presses du Réel and Jeroen Peeters they published a book on the BIG series.
Superamas created VIVE L'ARMEE! in 2016 and CHEKHOV Fast & Furious in 2018, a piece involving 4 groups of youngs Europeans. The members of Superamas also teach extensively and support young artists within their different fields of expertise.
Superamas in based in Amiens France, previously artist in residence at the Maison de la Culture in Amiens till 2018 and was till 2014 at VOORUIT in Ghent. Internationally Superamas is presented at renown festivals and venues like Festival d`Avignon, Impulstanz Vienna, Tanz im August Berlin, Mettre-en-Scène Rennes, HAU Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Szene Salzburg, Buda Art Center Kortrijk, Vooruit Ghent, Kampnagel Hamburg, The Kitchen NYC, Walker Art Centre Minneapolis, MCA Chicago, Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, Kaaitheater Brussels, Centre Pompidou Paris, Wiener Festwochen and many more... MORE
Superamas News
Superamas initiates a new creation, provisionally entitled The man who shot Muammar Gaddafi. For the first time on a theater stage, a former member of the DGSE, the French intelligence service, agrees to unveil the hidden reality of his profession. Far from the stereotypes conveyed by fiction, he reveals the methods and techniques used by the secret services by illustrating them with concrete cases.
SUPERAMAS met this man -who wishes to remain anonymous- for the first time in 2013. If he resolves to testify today, it is because he is the object of pressure, if not of threats, in the context of the investigation into the Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign... MORE
(Pre-premiere on May 19, 2020 in Amiens)
Superamas Dates
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2020
CHEKHOV Fast & Furious, Performance
Le Monfort Théâtre, Paris, France
14-18.01.2019
www.lemonfort.fr/programmation/chekhov-fast-furious
CREATION CHEKHOV Fast & Furious
Le Monfort Théâtre, Paris, France
02-13.01.2019
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2019
CREATION CHEKHOV Fast & Furious
Le Monfort Théâtre, Paris, France
14-23.12.2019
BLOW UP Interventions
Hauts-de-France
19-20.11.2019
BLOW UP Interventions
Hauts-de-France
14-15.10.2019
LES CONFESSIONS D'UN ESPION (titre provisoire)
Rencontre, débat au centre d’art Montévidéo, Marseille, France
mercredi 19 juin à 20h30
RENCONTRES happynest #2-3
La rose des vents, France
14.06.2019
HAPPYNEST soirée happynest #2 NORD
Mini festival à La rose des vents, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13.06.2019 à 19h (gratuit sur réservation)
Avec les créations en cours des artistes : Thibaud Le Maguer / EN LIEU SÛR - Julie Gouju / FAON - Amélie Marneffe / CELEBRATION
www.larose.fr/saison/spectacle/happynest.htm
CHEKHOV Fast & Furious, Performance
L'Avant-Scène Cognac, France
10.04.2019
CREATION CHEKHOV Fast & Furious
L'Avant-Scène Cognac, France
5-9.04.2019
RENCONTRES happynest #3
Maison de la Culture Amiens, France
18-19.03.2019
CONSPIRATION Interventions
Hauts-de-France
26.02-01.03.2019
CREATION CHEKHOV Fast & Furious
L'Avant-Scène Cognac, France
18-24.02.2019
WORKSHOP "Brûlons les planches !"
Maison de la Culture Amiens, France
11-15.02.2019
CONSPIRATION Interventions
Hauts-de-France
21-25.01.2019
HAPPYNEST Masterclass #2
Théatre Jacques Tati, Amiens, France
09-18.01.2019
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Superamas Works
(lastest works)
THE MAN WHO SHOT
M. GADDAFI
2020
THE MAN WHO SHOT MG Performance
Superamas initiates a new creation, provisionally entitled The man who shot Muammar Gaddafi. For the first time on a theater stage, a former member of the DGSE, the French intelligence service, agrees to unveil the hidden reality of his profession. Far from the stereotypes conveyed by fiction, he reveals the methods and techniques used by the secret services by illustrating them with concrete cases.
SUPERAMAS met this man -who wishes to remain anonymous- for the first time in 2013. If he resolves to testify today, it is because he is the object of pressure, if not of threats, in the context of the investigation into the Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign... MORE
(Pre-premiere on May 19, 2020 in Amiens)
For six months Superamas worked with four youth groups in Amiens, Maubeuge, Reykjavik and Vienna. Starting from Chekhov's famous play “Uncle Vania”, young people were led to reflect and react on issues as diverse and personal as: What does it mean to succeed in life? What is happiness? What is sadness? What are the things you regret? What is love? Young people have seized these themes to express their doubts, anger and hopes at the beginning of the 21st century.
SUPERAMAS, on the other hand, has been impertinently and ironically focused on re-contextualising some of the situations taken from Uncle Vania that portray the aging members of the artistic collective... MORE
Superamas Press
(lastest reactions)
PRESS KIT 2006-2018 (excerpts)
"...Superamas manages here to pack personal stories of the young performers into 4 acts according Chekhov´s play which are loosely connected to the events at Uncle Vanja´s country side estate. Several wastelands in which the youth is dancing nowadays are made visible without the piece becoming a tearjerker. Chekhov – Fast & Furious appeals by its bite, a sophisticated dramaturgy and the tortuous performance of the adult world by the members of Superamas..."
Helmut Ploebst
Der Standard (AT)
"...Eine provokante und brilliante Arbeit..."
Helmut Ploebst
Der Standard (AT)
"...Keine Frage, das Performancekollektiv Superamas zählt zu den Trendsettern der Performanceszene…Vive l´Armée! stellt die Frage nach dem Krieg gegen die Demokratie sehr eindringlich..."
Silvia Kargl
Kurier (AT)
"...Retournant comme une chaussette le discours des grandes puissances, l'art de la guerre des Superamas tient du situationnisme en détournant scénarios de films et paroles médiatiques pour dénoncer une politique spectacle qui emballe sa violence dans le papier de soie de ses bons sentiments..."
Patrick Sourd
Les Inrockuptibles (FR)
happynest
(by Superamas)
happynest, a professional platform to support artistic emergence in the Hauts-de-France.
With happynest, SUPERAMAS intends to set up a flexible structure to support projects run by young artists based in Hauts-de-France, in the field of performing arts. Its goal is to consolidate and professionalize their artistic practice, networking and international openness.
Each season, from September to June, happynest will accompany 3 artistic projects initiated in Hauts-de-France. Each project can be worn individually or collectively by one or more young artists at the beginning of their career. happynest does not address students or artists in initial training, but creators already graduates ... MORE
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