Ontroerend Goed (BEL) - præsenteres i samarbejde med ILT Festival
Are We Not Drawn Onward To New erA
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“Livet må forstås baglæns, men må leves forlæns.”
– Kierkegaard
Ligesom titlen er denne forestilling et palindrom. Du vil være i stand til at opleve den både forlæns og baglæns. Alt det, der starter som volapyk og mærkværdige bevægelser i den første halvdel af forestillingen, giver pludselig mening, når forestillingen midtvejs pauses og derefter opleves “afspillet” rigtigt. En imponerende bedrift, der skal ses.
Nogle mennesker tror, at menneskeheden bevæger sig fremad, mens andre tror det modsatte. Nogle siger, at verden nærmer sig sin slutning, mens andre kalder dem dommedagsprofeter.
Uanset hvem der har ret, har vi i vores søgen efter fremskridt dramatisk ændret den verden, vi lever i. Er vores handlinger umulige at trække tilbage eller kan vi virkelig fortryde dem?
Forestillingen præsenterer en visuel metafor for dette afgørende øjeblik i vores fremtidige historie. Den undersøger menneskets proces, hvori det bevæger sig mod sin undergang eller frelse.
“Are We Not Drawn Onward To New erA” vandt Fringe First Award i 2019 og blev nomineret til Total Theatre Award i Edinburgh.
Anmeldelser
★★★★★
– Time Out
★★★★★
“…The simplest response to this phenomenal show is just to say, “wow”.”
– Mark Ludman, British Theatre
★★★★
“Are we not drawn onward to new erA is an inventive, meticulously choreographed, high artistic commentary on humanity’s collective destruction of the Earth and every person’s responsibility to commit fully to its rehabilitation.”
– Carmen Paddock, The Skinny
★★★★
“In Are we not drawn onward to new erA Ontroerend Goed shows the eternal human struggle to do good, despite shortcomings. For as longs as we are still here.”
– Louise de Koning, Theaterkrant.nl
“An admonitory piece about climate change that has a palindromic title and structure to match. And it speaks an initially indecipherable language that makes complete sense by the time the show has come to its bleak but beautiful end. After seeing this, you may never want to hold a plastic bag again.”
– Matt Wolfe, New York Times
★★★★★
“A playful, ambiguous work, whose ultimate message could be joyfully optimistic or deeply despairing – and is probably both. It’s vitally important theatre that seems perched precariously on our current make-or-break moment, a show that never preaches, yet reveals possibilities, fears and hopes.”
David Kettle, The List
★★★★
“This is one of the most beautiful, most intelligent and committed performances Ontroerend Goed has ever made, on the boundary of visual art and theatre, poetry and politics. The piece looks marvelous (but sounds brutally inaccessible) during the first twenty minutes. These, however, are necessary to enable the masterful twist. Only then the performance turns into a clear, miraculous statement about how we threaten to destroy ourselves and our world.”
– Knack – Els Van Steenberghe
“The question is: what could Devriendt possibly create after this to amaze theatre audiences? Genius.”
– Rudy Tollenaere, Het Nieuwsblad
“Created with charming, almost childlike, simplicity, the skill of the performers and those who conceived the piece cannot be applauded too highly.”
– Simon Parker, Western Morning News
“It’s fine work and compelling viewing from a company who used to be tricksters and who are increasingly deep thinkers.”
– Lyn Gardner, Stage Door
Credits
Instruktør:
Alexander Devriendt
Medvirkende:
Angelo Tijssens
Giovanni Brand
Charlotte De Bruyne
Leonore Spee
Jonas Vermeulen
Ferre Marnef
Karolien De Bleser
Britt Bakker
Maria Dafneros
Kristien De Proost
Vincent Dunoyer
Michaël Pas
Musikere: Spectra Ensemble
Tille Van Gastel & Katrien Gaelens (fløjte)
Pieter Jansen & Wilbert Aerts (violin)
Bram Bossier (tenor violin)
Peter Devos (cello)
Frank Van Eycken (percussion)
Rik Vercruysse/Simon Haspeslagh (horn)
Dramaturgi:
Jan Martens
Scenografi:
Philip Aguirre
Lys, video & lyd:
Jeroen Wuyts
Babette Poncelet
Teknisk assistance:
Brecht, David & Pepijn
Kostumer:
Charlotte Goethals
Komposition:
William Basinski
Arrangementer:
Joris Blanckaert
Konstruktion af statue:
Daan Verzele
Jelmer Delbecque
Jesse Frans
Fotografi:
Mirjam Devriendt
Praktikanter:
Morgan Eglin
Tim De Paepe
Mange tak til:
Ilona Lodewijckx, Luc De Bruyne, Matthieu Goeury, Simon Stokes, Björn Doumen, Les Ballets C de la B, everybody involved in the pre-study ‘koortsmeetsysteemstrook’ @ Toneelacademie Maastricht & vores fantastiske testpublikum
Forestillingen indeholder William Basinski’s ‘Disintegration Loops’ af Spectra Ensemble.
Ontroerend Goed i co-produktion med
Spectra
Kunstencentrum Vooruit Gent
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Adelaide Festival
Richard Jordan Productions Ltd.
Andre forestillinger
Der Lauf
Stigma / Engel
Walk-Man
