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SERDI

Serdi Faki Alici & Lara Staal / NTGent

dates

Fri 13.09, 20:30

tickets

Sat 14.09, 17:00

tickets

Basic tarif: €18 / +65: €16 / -26: €14
Kansentarief: €4

location

De Studio

duration

75 min.

language

Dutch ★★★★ (You need to understand Dutch really well)

Info

Jury quote:

I hate the number six
There were six of us at home,
my parents died the sixth month of the year
when I was six…

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SERDI tells the story of Serdi. All about how someone who has nothing makes his voice his home. As an orphan, moving from institution to institution and from school to juvenile detention, Serdi made himself a promise. He taught himself beatboxing. He trained until he could do it. The acoustics of solitary confinement proved perfect for refining his technique.

SERDI shows how a person’s voice can become a weapon. How a rootless life, threatening to slip away, suddenly regained its footing by disciplining the voice. How the power of sound and composition finally made it possible to communicate with others.

 

reviews

“Zelden zo'n authentieke voorstelling gezien (...) Serdi vertelt zijn levensverhaal krachtig, overtuigend, met veel humor en een enorme podiumprésence”

—De Morgen

credits

Concept & text Serdi Faki Alici, Jamila Channouf, Lara Staal
Performance & music Serdi Faki Alici
Direction Lara Staal
Preliminary research & coaching  Jamila Channouf
Dramaturgic advice Benoît Vanraes
Performance coach Sven Ronsijn
Set design Grisha Runge
Lighting design Sander Michiels
Production NTGent
Coproduction Theater Aan Zee