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Wolfskers

Guy Cassiers / Toneelhuis

theatre
23.10.2008
Kaaitheater

Art, politics and power

In the three-part theatre series, Triptiek van de macht, Guy Cassiers focuses on the complex relationship between art, politics and power.

Part one, Mefisto for ever, is Tom Lanoye’s adaptation of Mephisto, a 1936 novel by Klaus Mann. The piece tells the story of an actor who is willingly seduced and misled by a fascist political system.

Part two, Wolfskers, derives from three film scenarios by the Russian film-maker Alexandr Sokurov, which were adapted by Jeroen Olyslaegers. In Wolfskers we see three leaders – Lenin, Hitler and Hirohito – at a time when they are starting to lose their grip on reality.

Part three, Atropa, centres on the Trojan War. The Greek general Agamemnon is confronted with the victims of his decisions. This involved Tom Lanoye rewriting several Greek tragedies. Here, as in his other plays, Guy Cassiers is a subtle master at combining the written word, image and acting.

director Guy Cassiers | with Gilda De Bal, Vic De Wachter, Suzanne Grotenhuis, Johan Leysen, Marc Van Eeghem, Dries Vanhegen, Jos Verbist, Michael Vergauwen | design video screens Peter Missotten - De Filmfabriek | music Dominique Pauwels | text Jeroen Olyslaegers, Guy Cassiers, Erwin Jans | text advices Tom Lanoye | after Yury Arabov | styling, set design Enrico Bagnoli, Diederik De Cock, Arjen Klerkx | video Ief Spincemaille | costumes Tim Van Steenbergen | assistant costumes Mieke Van Buggenhout | production Toneelhuis (Antwerp) | coproduction Lod (Ghent) | thank to Veerle Eyckermans, Stefan Perceval