het TheaterFestival

ZUSJE!

Johnny MUS

dates

Thu 12.09, 20:30

tickets

Fri 13.09, 20:30

tickets

Basic tarif: €22 / +65: €20 / -26: €18 / Kansentarief: €4

location

Arenberg

duration

105 min. zonder pauze

language

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

Info

Juryquote:
"With Zusje!, we get a typical Peter De Graef text, philosophical, cinematic, filled with beautiful metaphors. It’s like watching a Netflix series, but on theater. With big existential questions sitting next to you on the couch"

Once you understand life, you are no longer so caught up in it.
You play the game
You stick to the rules
But you no longer try to win because
Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat  

A psychologist and his client.
With her, life scrapes by.
Like a car with a loose bumper.
And with him, the same actually applies.
But they start grinding,
They’re going to rub each other
Until something starts to shine. 

Peter De Graef plays the psychologist and the seven characters who colour Hildegard’s  existence. Mieke Laureys is Hildegard. The text is unadulterated Peter’s. Stan Nieuwenhuis, composer and multi-instrumentalist, combines cornet and live  electronics. A one-man orchestra with melancholic melodies and whimsical soundscapes. Janne Desmet, theatre maker ‘pur sang’, took charge of coaching.

A piece about breathing and eating sandwiches in times of crisis.

 

reviews

Zelden wagen theatermakers zich aan thrillers. En nog zeldzamer zijn die thrillers ook echt spannend én dragen ze een zorgzaam geformuleerde levensles in zich. Dat lukt Johnny MUS prima.

—Knack Focus

credits

Text: Peter De Graef
Performance: Mieke Laureys en Peter De Graef
Composition en live music: Stan Nieuwenhuis
Coach: Janne Desmet
Costume design: Koen Onghena
Technical and lighting design: Geert Custers
Coproduction: Johnny MUS met Het Laatste Bedrijf
This production came about with support from the Flemish government, with residency support from c o r s o, with support from the federal government’s Tax shelter scheme, and the support of Gallop Tax Shelter.