Illustration

STORY OF TWO WORLDS – German Premiere - Sering VZW / Antwerp / Belgium

Date: Sunday, May 7th 2006, 3 pm
Place: Theater im Pumpenhaus
Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Language: Flemish with German surtitles
Web: www.sering.be

In the beginning there was chaos. In the beginning was the urge to illuminate the origins of our multicultural society, which is been portrayed so delightfully as a ticking time bomb. So the artists from the Belgian group, all of them existentialists with Argus eyes, started out as usual: they read scientific books and essays, got into some forced brain-storming and examined reality a little closer than others. And were surprised by the discovery that the problem is not the religious or cultural difference, but the common sense, to be excluded from the existing form of the society. That meant for these theatrically fired researchers of human kind, to dig deeper, down to the deepest days of the Neanderthal men, and then look back – to understand what makes the Homo sapiens work, his tribal rituals, his daily grind of life, his television addiction.

The world stage collage that was created excessively includes anecdotes, practical experiences and associations – melancholic, sarcastic, true. An insane zapping through our history, driven by a desire for art that does not celebrate diversion but unity.

Actors: Naomi Baafi, Paula Bartelen, Frank Buelens, Inge Busschaert, Eddy Buysen, Simonne Dandois, Mieke De Block, Souliman De Croock, Veronique De Keersmaecker, Maria De Laet, Guido Faelens, Nancy Fleerackers, Anne Guffens, Michel Jonckers, Felix Kooyman, Saloua Laaraj, Roeland Luyckx, Juan Madonado, Boudewijn Matthé, Dietger Ongenaert, Leentje Schnieders, Gabriëlle Sterckx, Therese Trooskens, Francine Van der Sanden, Daniël Van Haverbeke, Tom Vertongen, Fine Zimmermann Direction: Mia Grijp und Inge Verhees Stage: Ivo Vander Borght Costumes: Hilde Colaers Technic/Directionassistenz: Mostafa Benkerroum



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