FAVORITES OF THE MOON

Adventurers and con artists of all types and class backgrounds chase after an old painting and precious antique porcelain. The title paraphrases Shakespeare's lines about our heavenly companion: "(…) being governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal". Here, human beings are shuffled and re-shuffled like playing cards, brought together only to be separated again. There's the master thief, the skilled locksmith, the robbed financier, the featherweight coquette and the corrupt judge; then there's the seductive swashbuckler, the conspiring pensioner – and we mustn’t forget the unbearable little children and the police officer who sees and hears everything. Objects fly around at will here, and emotions do too.