Tea for Two

TeatteriQo

Two women, two ways, one caravan and a single kettle to share.
Tea for two is a short fable about neighbours who love a cup of tea as much as they dislike one another. But their destinies are tied to each other by natural disasters. With the climate crisis as a backdrop, the story of a plain antipathy takes the audience into an extraordinary chain of events. This object theatre performance swings playfully between irony and visual poetry.

Tea for two looks into neighbour conflicts and their intrinsec logic: the propensity of annoying details - however big or small - to escalate out of proportion. Stories of neighbour disputes are entertaining for the listener, delicious even at times. Conflicts are so recognizable, touching in their absurdity. The presence of the neighbour who lives just on the other side of the fence becomes an obsession, clouding the judgement, obliviating the rest.

Tea for Two was written during the summer 2022, as wildfires devastated a large part of European forests, followed by dramatic floods. These ever more frequent natural disasters came as a counterweight to the interpersonal conflict. With humour and irony, the performance outlines Humanity’s tendency for tunnel vision in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis.

The performance takes place inside the theatre company's caravan stage for 10 audience members at a time.