Photos © NTGent by Fred Debrock, Michiel Devijver & Moritz von Dungern:

ORESTES IN MOSUL

An apparently endless chain of murders and blood feuds: this is the plot of the Oresteia. Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigeneia, his wife Clytaemnestra murders him but is in turn murdered by their own son. Aeschylus’ tragedy is considered the foundation myth of Western civilization, in which the principles of blood feuds and ‘an eye for an eye’ were replaced with jurisprudence, integration and reconciliation.

 

In Orestes in Mosul, Milo Rau combines the tragedy of tragedies with contemporary political conflicts. With an international ensemble of Iraqi and European actors he presents an Oresteia for our time. The central question is: how will the chain of violence between the parties in the Syrian-Iraqi civil war and their international allies ever come to an end? Milo Rau imbues the tragedy with its ancient grandeur, but simultaneously connects it with topical questions. What might the Oresteia – rehearsed and performed in Western Europe and Mosul – mean today?

 

Première on 17 April 2019 at NTGent (Ghent)

On tour until 26 januari 2020

 
MAKING OF
press
NTGent
IIPM

 

Play
Susana AbdulMajid
Duraid Abbas Ghaieb
Johan Leysen
Bert Luppes
Elsie de Brauw
Marijke Pinoy
Risto Kübar
Writing & Direction
Milo Rau
Dramaturgy
Stefan Bläske
Scenography
ruimtevaarders
Costume Design 
An De Mol
Lighting Design
Dennis Diels
Production Film & Camera
Moritz von Dungern
Daniel Demoustier
Montage Film
Joris Vertenten
Sound Design
Saskia Venegas Aernouts
Actors video
Khitam Idress
Baraa Ali
Khalid Rawi
Choir video
Rayan Shihab Ahmed
Mohamed Saalim
Abdallah Nawfal
Hatal Al-Hianey
Younis Anad Gabori
Mustafa Dargham
Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Hussein
Hassan Taha
Assistant Director
Katelijne Laevens
Production Management
Noemi Suarez Sanchez
Tour Management
Elli De Meyer
Stage Management
Marijn Vlaeminck
Sound Management
Dimitri Devos
Video Management
Stijn Pauwels
Light Design & Management
Dennis Diels
Geert De Rodder
Stage Techncian
Jeroen Vanhoutte
Dresser
Micheline D’Hertoge
Nancy Colman
Intern Dramaturgy
Eline Banken
Liam Rees
Intern Assistant Director
Bo Alfaro Decreton
Subtitles
Eline Banken
Katelijne Laevens
Noemi Suarez Sanchez
Coproducers
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Tandem Scène Nationale
Support
The Belgian Tax Shelter
Romaeuropa Festival

 

 

Foto’s © Bokrijk by Luc Daelemans

DE WERELD VAN BRUEGEL

BREUGELGAME

In 2019, it will be 450 years since the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. To mark this anniversary, THE WORLD OF BRUEGEL is shown at the Bokrijk Open-Air Museum. In this picturesque setting this interactive exhibition on different locations in the park exposes the link between the renowned Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Bokrijk. All locations connected by The inspiring Bruegel Trail allow the visitor to immerse himself in one of his paintings and to discover, in a pleasantly surprising way, how relevant his work remains today.

 

Opening 6 April 2019 until 20 October 2019 at Het Domein Bokrijk (Bokrijk/Belgium)

 

Extended from 4 April 2020 to 2 November 2020

 

MAKING OF
BRUEGELGAME
press
Bokrijk

 

In 2019, it will be 450 years since the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. To mark this anniversary, THE WORLD OF BRUEGEL will be shown in the Bokrijk Open-Air Museum. The Bruegelgame is part of this interactive exhibition that exposes the link between the renowned Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Bokrijk. The inspiring Bruegel Trail allowes the visitor to immerse himself in one of his paintings and discover, in a pleasantly surprising way, how relevant his work remains today.

 

The jester from the painting ‘The Fight between Carnival and Lent’ leads you on a digital tow rope. Bruegel meets Pokémon Go and Snapchat in Bokrijk! An “augmented reality” hat takes the visitor into a realistic model depicting a true example of the 16th century. An exciting search starts for missing objects from the painting.

 

Pieter Bruegel the Elder designed his paintings as visual puzzles for people to look at together. Viewers can discover all kinds of stories and meanings in them. As conversation pieces, they also lead to discussions. And through his compositions, Bruegel comments on current events, as well as holds up a mirror to his viewers. The visitors are invited to play the game using one of his paintings, The Battle between Carnival and Lent.

 

Opening 6 April 2019 until 20 October 2019 at Het Domein Bokrijk (Bokrijk/Belgium)

Extended from 4 April 2020 to 2 November 2020

 
MAKING OF
exhibition De Wereld van Bruegel
press
Bokrijk

 

DE WERELD VAN BRUEGEL

General Project Management
Terenja van Dijk
Content Coördination
Katrien Lichtert
Coördination Communication & Public Relations
Kenneth Ramaekers
Execution Landscape Design
Buro Landschap
General Graphic Design
Oeyen & Winters
Coördination General Design
Bart Lens
Content Input
Toon Berckmoes
prof. dr. Marc Jacobs
dr. Sabine Pénot
prof. dr. Manfred Sellink
Alexandra van Dongen
Joris Van Grieken
prof. dr. Jan Van der Stock
 

EXHIBITION

Artistic Direction & Production
Katrien Vandermarliere – A.C.P.
Scenography & Graphic Design
ruimtevaarders
Multimedia Support & Editing
Bob Takes
Assistant Production
Rosanne Claes
Execution Scenography
Atento
Floor and mirror Zuienkerke
Twin Design
Video & Audio Production
SAKADO
Film ‘The Lost Season’
Frits Jeuris (concept and direction)
Sputnik Media (execution)
Licht Design & Execution
Frank Hulsebosch – 50LUX
Installation Multi-Media
Vidi-Square
Soundmix Molen Mol-Millegem
Stoffel Delaet – Studio C
Models & Design dioramas
Mila Chorbadzhieva
Pieter Janssens
Poussins Studios
Bob Takes
Film dioramas
Leitmotiv (production)
Catherine Somers (jester hood)
Bernadette Daman (play)
Titus De Voogdt (play)
Tania Vandezande (play)
Vic De Wachter (voice)
Jane (voice)
Tommy Thie (voice)
Assembling dioramas
Pieter Janssens
Translation dioramas
Diana Goodwin

 

DE WERELD VAN BRUEGEL

General Project Management
Terenja van Dijk
Content Coördination
Katrien Lichtert
Coördination Communication & Public Relations
Kenneth Ramaekers
Execution Landscape Design
Buro Landschap
General Graphic Design
Oeyen & Winters
Coördination General Design
Bart Lens
Content Input
Toon Berckmoes
prof. dr. Marc Jacobs
dr. Sabine Pénot
prof. dr. Manfred Sellink
Alexandra van Dongen
Joris Van Grieken
prof. dr. Jan Van der Stock
 

BRUEGELGAME
Concept & Coördination
Thomas Laureyssens – toyfoo
Game Application
Possibly Pixels (game development)
Jens Dawn (icons en illustrations)
Reanimation (animation jester)
Scenography
ruimtevaarders
3D Scanning objects
Oxycube
Industrial Design & Execution Scenography
Ocular
Production historical hats
Catherine Somers
Film Strijd tussen Carnaval en Vasten Zuienkerke
Enclume Animation (animation)
Oxycube (video)
Artegon – Heroes (music)
Execution Wildeman hut
Joenes
Video Wildeman hut
AMOK (direction en production)
Gert Jochems (play)
Pieter Geusens (costume design) 
Intro Animatie
Enclume Animation
Game Prototypes
LUCA School of Arts

 

 


 


 


 

 


 

ARCTIQUE

2025, somewhere between Denmark and Greenland. Six strangers are lured by an anonymous letter into stowing away on a former luxury cruise ship bound for Greenland. On the way there, the boat towing the cruise ship abandons in on the high seas. Our strangers will drift away in international waters until they find themselves trapped in the ice…

 

ARCTIC is a political thriller featuring six characters trapped in a scheme devised to make them disappear. In her new production, Anne-Cecile Vandalem once more uses the language of cinema in the service of a theatrical and musical fable of the future.

 

Première on 23 Januari 2018 at Théâtre National (Brussel)

From 18 until 24 Juli playing on Festival d’Avignon (Fr)

 

On tour until June 2020

 

MAKING OF
photo’s on flickr
press
Das Fräulein Kompanie
Théâtre National
Festival D’Avignon

 

Conception, Writing & Direction
Anne-Cécile Vandalem
Play
Frédéric Dailly
Guy Dermul
Eric Drabs
Véronique Dumont
Philippe Grand’Henry
Epona Guillaume
Zoé Kovacs
Gianni Manente
Louisa Nguyen Duy
Jean-Benoit Ugeux
Mélanie Zucconi
Scenography
Ruimtevaarders
Dramaturgy
Nils Haarmann
Sarah Seignobosc
Original Music & Sound Design
Pierre Kissling
Lighting Design
Enrico Bagnoli
Sound Engineering
Antoine Bourgain
Video Design, Direction of Photography & Operator
Federico D’Ambrosio
Edition
Yannick Leroy
Operator
Lou Vernin
Costume Design
Laurence Hermant
Make-up, Hair and Wigs Design
Sophie Carlier
Props Design
Fabienne Müller
Technical Direction and Stage Management
Damien Arrii
Marc Defrise
Benoit Ausloos
Assistant Director
Sarah Seignobosc
Video Management
Frédéric Nicaise
Light Management
Léonard Clarys
Isabel Scheck
Sound Management
Théo Jonval
Cédric Otte
Stage Management
Julien Desmet
Clara Pinguet
Baptiste Wattier
Paintings & Decoration 
Laurie Crochelet
Eugénie Obolensky
Alberto Sebastiani
Construction
Joachim Hesse
Pierre Jardon
Laurent Notte
ves Philippaert
Dominique Pierre
Bruno Verlaet
Confection Costumes
Nicole Moris
Nathalie Willems
Dresser
Jeanne Wintquin
Puppet Conception
Kirsty Durman
Puppet Coach
Patrick Gautron
Bear Patina
Raphaëlle Debattice
Wig Design
Séverine Martin
Intern Stage Management
Clara Pinguet
Intern Director’s Assistantship
Sophie Jallet, Anthony Rossi
Intern Costumes and Make-up
Elisabeth Bosquet
Intern Video
Léonor Malamatenios
Intern Paintings & Decoration
Anna Galy
Camille Collin
Marie Menzaghi
Intern Costume’s Confection
Pauline Aschoff
Alice Barbier
Intern Woodwork
Jani Afar
Tour Management
Marie Charrieau
Executive Production
Audrey Brooking
Creation
Das Fräulein (Kompanie) (Be), Studio Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles (Be)
Producer
Das Fräulein (Kompanie) (Be)
Coproducers
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles (Be)
Théâtre de Namur (Be)
Théâtre de Liège (Be)
MARS/Mons Arts de la scène (
Volcan-Scène nationale du Havre (Fr)
L’Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe (Fr)
Les Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg (Lu)
Comédie de Reims – Festival Reims Scènes d’Europe (Fr)
Comédie de Caen – Festival les Boréales (Fr)
Espace Jean Legendre, Théâtre de Compiègne – Scène nationale de l’Oise en préfiguration (Fr)
Les Célestins – Lyon (Fr)
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod (Be)
Set-up & Costumes Construction
Workshop of the Theatre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Supports
ING
tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Service Théâtre

SHELTER

KLARAFESTIVAL

2017

Temporary installation for the Klarafestival2017 inspired by the festivals theme ‘Home Sweet Home’, which was used as a meeting point and for other events such as a concert of the children’s choir Shanti! Shanti !. In the Horta hall of Bozar in Brussels from 19 to 23 March 2017.

 
 

photo’s on flickr
klarafestival
bozar

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scenography
ruimtevaarders
Licht Design
Jan Maertens
Construction & Technics
Jan Maertens
Johan Vandenborn
ruimtevaarders
Production Leader
Véronique Vermeylen
Production
Klarafestival

STORMOPKOMST

Scenography
ruimtevaarders
Tape Installations
Wouter Feyaerts
Production
Joey Ng
Festival Leader
Sarah Rombouts
Communication
Ester Torres Falcato Simões
Construction & Execution
ruimtevaarders
Wouter Feyaerts
volunteers STORMOPKOMST
Organisation
STORMOPKOMST festival

 

photo’s by Ben Van Duin:

 

ALS DE KLOK VAN A

In Als de klok van A a mother and daughter are waiting for a lost brother and son. Today the daughter decides to find out why the boy never came home. Encouraged by the storm that rages outside and by daydreaming she has about men on camels trotting through the desert, she sharpens things up. Then the water breaks through the dikes and a few villagers float past …

 

When the clock becomes A is a theater performance in which music plays a crucial role. As a recognizable element from the world of fishing and as a carrier of great emotions: hope, joy, loss and mourning. Ilse and Amaryllis Uitterlinden play the two main roles as mother and daughter.

 

Première op 16 maart 2017 Stadsschouwburg Middelburg.

 

Speelreeks in Nederland van 17/03/2017 tot en met 27/08/2017

 

MAKING OF
foto’s op flickr
pers
theaterzeelandia.nl

 

Text & Direction
Judith de Rijke
Dramaturgy
Alex Mallems
Play
Ilse Uitterlinden
Amaryllis Uitterlinden
Nelleke Kuipers
Cheyenne Boermans
Costumes
Chris Snik
Scenography
ruimtevaarders
Light Design
Robin Kiezebrink
Technics
Bart Mulder
Robin Kiezebrink
Video
Christophe Engels
Executive Producer
Dave Reininga
Production
Theaterproductiehuis Zeelandia

 

foto’s door Davy De Pauw:

HARMONIC INSPIRATIONS

Scenography for Concert of B’Rock Orchestra at the Magdalenazaal Bruges in the context of Music biennial BMajor!.

 

Concept and realisation made in cooperation with Jan Maertens

 

Antonio Vivaldi
L’Estro Armonico, op.3 (selectie *)
Gyorgy Ligeti
Ramifications – voor 12 strijkers
Steve Reich
Triple Quartet – voor 12 strijkers

 

MAKING OF
photo’s on flickr
B’Rock Orchestra
MA festival

 
 
 

Concept
Jan Maertens
ruimtevaarders
Scenography
ruimtevaarders
Licht Design
Jan Maertens
Musical Execution
B’rock Orchestra
Concert Master
Rodolfo Richter
Production Leader
Adèle Querinjean (B’rock)
Klaas Lievens (MAfestival)
Production
MAfestival
B Major!