Bella Figura

Bella Figura is a play where the stage direction "flottement" (a suspension, indeterminacy, or oscillation) occurs frequently, indicating a moment of silence when the characters and audience are left in ambiguous tension. The playwright Yasmina Reza wrote Bella Figura specifically for the Schaubühne director Thomas Ostermeier, and I imagine that she included these floating silences with him in mind.

Cast

Nina Hoss

Andrea

Mark Waschke

Boris Amette

Stephanie Eidt

Françoise Hirt

Renato Schuch

Eric Blum

Lore Stefanek

Yvonne Blum

Crew

Yasmina Reza

Writer

Hannes Rossacher

Director

Thomas Ostermeier

Director