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Federico León

Yo en el Futuro (Me in the Future)

theatre

Yo en el Futuro (Me in the Future)
Yo en el Futuro (Me in the Future)

theatre

Tue 19.05 - Fri 22.05.09

The Argentine actor, writer, stage director and film-maker Federico León has assembled three trios, each comprising two women and a man, of 70, 30 and 10 years old, nine actors, in other words, and a dog. The children and the thirty-year-olds re-enact the seventy-year-olds’ childhood and youth.

Shiro Maeda

Suteru Tabi

theatre

Suteru Tabi
Suteru Tabi

theatre

Thu 14.05 - Wed 20.05.09

In Japanese, suteru means “rid oneself of” and tabi “journey” or “occasion”. Suteru Tabi is the moving story of a young man who is trying to cope with the death of his father. Out of the loss and mourning he becomes stronger and succeeds in taking responsibility for his life. With just four chairs and a handful of props, the Japanese author and director Shiro Maeda creates a performance rich in imagery that combines poetry with humour, magic and realism.

Tristero / Transquinquennal

Coalition

theatre

Coalition
Coalition

theatre

Fri 01.05 - Sat 09.05.09

Two Brussels-based collectives – the Dutch-speaking Tristero and the French-speaking Transquinquennal – have decided to work together. Both partners in this exceptional coalition have a reputation for seeking out unknown and/or contemporary pieces. In Coalition they take a closer look at events which need not have happened and might not have happened, but which did happen: from the most banal traffic accidents to major disasters involving thousands of deaths. In other words: things could have turned out differently.

Abattoir Fermé

Snuff (Index 1)

theatre performance

Snuff (Index 1)
Snuff (Index 1)

theatre

Thu 23.04 - Sat 25.04.09

Over the last few years, the Mechelen collective Abattoir Fermé has built up a strong repertoire that swings between dream, hallucination and nightmare. Snuff (Index 1) is the company’s first production for the large stage. It premieres at the Kaaitheater.

tg STAN

Brandhout / Een irritatie

theatre

Brandhout / Een irritatie
Brandhout / Een irritatie

theatre

Tue 21.04 - Wed 22.04.09

In the 80s Thomas Bernhard wrote three novels on the arts: Der Untergeher, about the pianist Glenn Gould, Alte Meister, about painting, and Holzfällen, about theatre. Twelve years ago STAN adapted the second part of this trilogy. Damiaan De Schrijver and Jolente De Keersmaeker have now created an adaptation of part three.

Dominique Pauwels, Pieter de Buysser & Inne Goris / LOD

Judaspassie

theatre music

Judaspassie
Judaspassie

theatre

Fri 03.04.09

Apart from the ‘official’ gospels there is also a gospel according to Judas. In it Judas relates his version of the facts: he did not ‘betray’ Jesus. In the Judas Passion by the composer Dominique Pauwels and the writer Pieter de Buysser Judas tells his story from a modern perspective. An apology of the weakness of human nature.

Josse De Pauw / Toneelhuis

De versie Claus

theatre

De versie Claus
De versie Claus

theatre

Fri 27.03 - Sun 29.03.09

It was while working on De versie Claus that the writer Mark Schaevers and theatre-maker Josse De Pauw were caught unawares by the news that Hugo Claus had chosen to have his life brought to an end. Their ‘Claus version’, intended as a tribute, now became a memorial for the master of Flemish literature.

tg STAN

STUKKEN

theatre

STUKKEN
STUKKEN

theatre

Thu 19.03 - Sat 21.03.09

Apart from two permanent members, Natali Broods, Robby Cleiren, Tine Embrechts and Nico Sturm will join in the creation and performance of STUKKEN which will have its opening performance in Kaaitheater. The material of the performance is provided by the writers Saskia De Coster, Patricia De Martelaere, Tom Lanoye, Bart Moeyaert, Yves Petry and Annelies Verbeke.

Forced Entertainment

Spectacular

theatre

Spectacular
Spectacular

theatre

Fri 13.03 - Sat 14.03.09

A lone performer takes to the stage, explaining that the show we’re watching is somehow different tonight. The atmosphere is different, his entrance was off, the lights are wrong, the tone is all wrong. Spectacular is about the trembling edge of laughter, possibility and invention. Simple, absurd and comical, this provocative new show from Forced Entertainment promises to add to their already remarkable body of work.

Abke Haring

Linoleum / speed

theatre

Linoleum / speed
Linoleum / speed

theatre

Sat 28.02 - Wed 04.03.09

New performance by Abke Haring, in association with poet and theatre-maker Bart Meuleman. Sound (Senjan Jansen) and image (the artist Jean Bernard Koeman) play an interactive role.

Rodrigo Garcia / La Carnicería Teatro

Aproximacion a la idea de desconfianza

theatre

Aproximacion a la idea de desconfianza
Aproximacion a la idea de desconfianza

theatre

Fri 20.02 - Sat 21.02.09

Three actors perform simple ritualistic acts in silence using elementary materials: water, earth, milk and honey. A text is projected onto the back wall of the stage; it is an analysis of the consumer society, alternately accusatory and self-critical. The Madrid based Argentinian Rodrigo Garcia makes highly physical and provocative theatre. This piece is more contemplative, a transcript of his baroque language.

In late November, Rodrigo Garcia was awarded the Prix Europe Nouvelles Réalités Théâtrales. There were five winners, including Guy Cassiers.

Stef Lernous / Abattoir Fermé & Daan Janssens / LOD

AEon

theatre music performance

AEon
AEon

theatre

Fri 20.02 - Sat 21.02.09

Stef Lernous, director with Abattoir Fermé, and the young composer Daan Janssens have been working with two young singers and two musicians on a study project based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. The atmosphere is one of chaos, gloom, madness and ancient gods. Lovecraft is one of the ‘grandparents’ of modern science fiction and horror. His writing presented the prospect of a horrible world for mankind.

Diederik Peeters

THRILLER...

theatre performance

THRILLER...
THRILLER...

theatre

Sat 14.02.09

In his new piece, called THRILLER..., Diederik Peeters examines the dramatic and narrative qualities of space and the extent to which the context of an action influences our perception of it. What happens when the action remains the same but the environment changes? When the environment starts to manipulate us and steers the story?

Jan Decorte/Bloet, Comp.Marius & Kaaitheater

Wintervögelchen

theatre

Wintervögelchen
Wintervögelchen

theatre

Wed 17.12 - Wed 11.02.09

Inspired by Shakespeare and Hölderlin, Jan Decorte has created a cheery performance about power, jealousy, despair, love and a little bird. He is supported by his faithful henchmen Sigrid Vinks, Johan Daenen (set design), Sofie D’Hoore (costumes) and Luc Schaltin (lighting), and his actor friends Waas Gramser, Kris Van Trier and Herwig Ilegems.

Dood Paard & Maatschappij Discordia

Mannetje met de lange lul

theatre

Mannetje met de lange lul
Mannetje met de lange lul

theatre

Thu 29.01 - Sat 31.01.09

Philosophy and art run away with each other in this piece by Kuno Bakker and Jorn Heijdenrijk. They drew their inspiration from the frivolous and controversial ideas on freedom and happiness propagated by the 18th-century philosopher Julien Offray de la Mettrie. Mannetje met de lange lul (Little Chap with the Big Prick) is about freedom of thought and action, both on and off stage.

Superamas

Empire (Art & Politics)

theatre

Empire (Art & Politics)
Empire (Art & Politics)

theatre

Fri 23.01 - Sat 24.01.09

Superamas opened the Kaaitheater season with their fantastic BIG 3 (Happy/End). Their theatre is both light and complex. Full of delights and seduction, with an underlying critique of the media, society and politics. Empire (Art & Politics) criticises ‘the State’, how it is established, how it works and makes propaganda, uses violence, patronises terrorism, satisfies its hunger for power, handles foreigners, reproduces itself and, ultimately, dies.

Rits

21 C / Retool Earth #2 - "Over/Vol(k)"

theatre music performance

21 C / Retool Earth #2 - "Over/Vol(k)"
21 C / Retool Earth #2 - "Over/Vol(k)"

theatre

Thu 11.12.08

Artists, thinkers, doers and students on the future. Subsequent dates: 22 January, 5 March and during the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in May.

Tim Etchells / Jim Fletcher

Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first

theatre

Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first
Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first

theatre

Thu 04.12 - Fri 05.12.08

Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first is a free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic as it outlines a broad picture of the world. Comical in its naiveté and preposterously encyclopaedic in its ambitions, it explores the absurdities and horror of the human brain, which wants to understand everything.

tg STAN

blijf / weg

theatre

blijf / weg
blijf / weg

theatre

Tue 25.11 - Sat 29.11.08

Frank Vercruyssen and Tine Embrechts are working on a play based a.o. on the short story Plumes de bécasse by the Greek writer Thanassis Valtinos. This novella tells the story of a married couple. She wants a divorce, but he does not. She is quite insufferable, he possibly even more so. The title (stay / away) perfectly captures the atmosphere of their conversations, which is anything but peaceful!

Tristero

Living

theatre

Living
Living

theatre

Thu 13.11 - Sat 22.11.08

Since the opening performance at our Comedy Festival in 2004, Tristero has presented no less than five sold-out series of Abigail’s Party, a bittersweet comedy by the filmmaker and playwright Mike Leigh. In Living, the characters from Abigail’s Party meet again. However, whereas in Abigail’s Party they are narrow-minded conformists who can never be themselves, in Living they are given the opportunity to be just this. What is the story behind their façades? For the first time Tristero is creating a performance without words.

Random Scream / Davis Freeman

Assassins

theatre music

Assassins
Assassins

theatre

Sat 15.11 - Sun 16.11.08

WORKING TITLE FESTIVAL - A dark, disturbing black comedy musical by Stephen Sondheim about the presidential assassinations in the US and the reverse side of the American Dream. It was staged when Bush Sr. went to war in Iraq and was denounced as unpatriotic.

NTGent / Peter Verhelst & LOD / Dominique Pauwels

LEX

theatre

LEX
LEX

theatre

Wed 05.11 - Thu 06.11.08

LEX resembles a feverish dream or an oracle. The person speaking is a man whose being we cannot immediately identify. Is this God in his true guise? A god born of words and images? Or is this man an Idol? A divine figure? Verhelst’s inspiration was Alexander the Great. The script contains passages from Dante’s Divine Comedy, Joyce’s Ulysses and the collected works of Shakespeare.

Maison Dahl Bonnema & Needcompany

The Ballad of Ricky and Ronny

theatre music

The Ballad of Ricky and Ronny
The Ballad of Ricky and Ronny

theatre

Fri 24.10 - Sat 25.10.08

In The Ballad of Ricky and Ronny – a pop opera, Anna Sophia Bonnema and Hans Petter Dahl continue their quest for the ideal combination of stage play and concert. The show premiered in the Kaaistudio’s, in October 2007, and was nominated for the Theaterfestival 08.

Guy Cassiers / Toneelhuis

Atropa

theatre

Atropa
Atropa

theatre

Fri 24.10 - Sat 25.10.08

Triptiek van de macht - part 3. Atropa. De wraak van de vrede 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.

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