Performance Duo Bert and Nasi Bring Absurdist Physical Comedy to the Walker Art Center
It’s very weird, and extremely funny.” —New York Times
★★★★ “Superbly absurd comedy.” —Guardian
French/UK duo Bert and Nasi use physical comedy and radical miming to expose the nonsensical cycles and structures that govern our world in L’Addition. Directed by Tim Etchells (Forced Entertainment), the production plays out like a deranged game of telephone, spinning a single café encounter into an increasingly distorted loop: A man at a café orders a drink. A waiter pours the drink. And a waiter pours the drink. And he cannot stop pouring the drink.
Each escalation of the otherwise everyday scenario introduces a more outlandish set of circumstances. Stuck in an endless comedic loop, L’Addition explores the absurdity of the social scripts that govern our lives in this three-night presentation as part of the Walker’s Out There 2026 series.
Bert and Nasi: L’Addition
February 5–7, 7:30 pm
McGuire Theater
ABOUT BERT AND NASI
Bert and Nasi are a contemporary performance duo that met in 2015 and have since created an entire repertoire of shows amid a period of national and international austerity. Their work, in turn, is stripped back and minimalist, whilst dealing with complex ideas and emotions. Their shows lie somewhere between performance, dance and theater but if you had to pin them down on it, they’d probably say it’s theater.
Together they have performed their shows on the international stages of PuSh Festival (Canada), Festival de Otoño (Spain), Sarajevo Mess (Bosnia), Adelaide International Festival (Australia), InTeatro (Italy), Avignon Festival (France), and MiTsp (Brazil).
In 2020, Bert and Nasi received the Forced Entertainment Award in memory of Huw Chadbourn, which celebrates the work of contemporary artists reinventing theatre and performance in new ways and for new audiences.
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ABOUT THE WALKER ART CENTER
The Walker Art Center is a renowned multidisciplinary arts institution that presents, collects, and supports the creation of groundbreaking work across the visual and performing arts, moving image, and design. Guided by the belief that art has the power to bring joy and solace and the ability to unite people through dialogue and shared experiences, the Walker engages communities through a dynamic array of exhibitions, performances, events, and initiatives. Its multiacre campus includes 65,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space, the state-of-the-art McGuire Theater and Walker Cinema, and ample green space that connects with the adjoining Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The Garden, a partnership with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, is one of the first urban sculpture parks of its kind in the United States and home to the beloved Twin Cities landmark Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Recognized for its ambitious program and growing collection of more than 16,000 works, the Walker embraces emerging art forms and amplifies the work of artists from the Twin Cities and from across the country and the globe. Its broad spectrum of offerings makes it a lively and welcoming hub for artistic expression, creative innovation, and community connection.
Program support provided by the David and Leni Moore Family Foundation and Sue and Jim Westerman.