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SUMMERHALL Fringe Venue 24summerhall.co.uk box office 0131 560 1581

A new wave of Flemish theatreAfter looking closely at this year’s Big in Belgium program it felt like a general theme seemed to be emerging. In one way or another most shows are talking about a fear of losing the safety of home. Whether it is quite literally about home itself as in Yinka Kuitenbrouwer’s performance [OneHunderdHomes], or more general about everybody’s home, planet earth, as Ontroerend Goed does in [World Without Us], it feels like Belgian artists feel the need to think about the disappearance of the places where we are most comfortable.

In [Last Call], the musical theatre company Het Nieuw stedelijk has been making a live action comic book about a young runaway in which the general discomfort of being homeless can be felt, while Atelier [Bildraum] focuses on reliving the melancholy of past homes, now empty but still haunted by our memories of living there.

Perhaps a large part of the explanation for this year’s fixation on intrusions in our comfort zone can be found by watching [Us/Them] by Brussels youth company BRONKS, which depicts the events of the hostage-taking at a primary school in Beslan (2004) adapted in such a way that nine year olds can actually reflect on them. It is a most timely piece since only a few months ago Belgium suffered some terrorist attacks of its own, closely related to those in Paris which preceded them.

Contemporary arts are always reflections on contemporary issues. When major devastating events happen close to where you live they will without fail penetrate your way of thinking, change the way you act and influence what you create. In a large or small way all shows in this collection show aware-ness of recent European history, some by directly linking the material with the current stream of desolate refugees, some by making more general thoughts and comments attempting to place recent events into a broader line of thinking. This year’s Big in Belgium hopes to take you on a journey where you question your own points of view in light of the recent reality. And is this not the only true purpose of fiction?

Big in Belgium was created byprogram David Bauwens . production Richard Jordan, Tammy Dale, Elaine Innes . communication & finances David

Bauwens & Wim Smet . production on location Jo Mackie . technical asssistance JB & Brett Stephens . press Martin Shippen . design Nick Mattan . coproduction Big in Belgium, Richard Jordan Productions, Theatre Royal Plymouth,

Theater aan Zee & Summerhall . transport Niels Ieven . special thanks to: Simon Stokes, Hans Rabaey & Theater aan Zee, all artists & companies involved, Summerhall, all technicians involved & the Edinburgh audiences . supported by

the Flemish goverment

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During a hostage drama in a school in Beslan that started in September 2004, the greatest of evils (terrorists) chose the greatest good (a group of children) as their victim. Us/Them is not a straightforward account of this terrible drama, but is about the entirely individual way children cope with extreme situations. With humour and a matter-of-fact approach, it contrasts the views of a boy and a girl with those of adults. Lightness, a breath -taking scenography and a thrilling young cast, provide a must-see! Brussels-based BRONKS is one of Belgium’s leading theatres for young audiences.

US/THEMBRONKS

VENUE Main Hall - 10:00

1 hour (9+)

PREVIEW 3rd-4th (£8)

SHOWS £10 - concessions £8

Fil ip Tielens at Cobra.be [èèèè]

“. . . l ightness and humour are what prevents Us/Them becoming too grave, but nor does it make fun of these violent events. . . . unlike what often happens with such serious topics in the theatre, not only were the parents convinced, but the children in the audience were also wildly enthusiastic.“

COPRODUCTION BRONKS (BE), BIG IN BELGIUM (BE), RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR CARLY WIJS PERFORMERS GYTHA PARMENTIER AND ROMAN VAN HOUTVEN DRAMATURGY MIEKE VERSYP DESIGN STEF STESSEL

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We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitting scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes and no more honey kept in glass bowls. That animals would no longer be stuffed, sky-scrapers no longer be built, no more suicide and no mathematics. There would be no more talk about the old days, about what’s possible. There would be no more words. We could hardly imagine it. It would never get this far. We’d find a solution. A world without us.

WORLD WITHOUT USONTROEREND GOED

VENUE Main Hall - 1 1 :30

1 hour 15 min (14+)

PREVIEW 3rd-4th (£10)

SHOWS £12 - £10

COPRODUCTION KUNSTENCENTRUM VOORUIT (BE), BIG IN BELGIUM (BE) , RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) DIRECTOR ALEXANDER DEVRIENDT TEXT ALEXANDER DEVRIENDT, VALENTIJN DHAENENS, KAROLIEN DE BLESER & JOERI SMET SCENO GRAPHY RENATO NICOLODI EXECUTION SCENOGRAPHY VORMEN TECHNICIANS JEROEN WUYTS & BABETTE PONCELET PHOTO MIRJAM DEVRIENDT

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Alternatingly performed by Valentijn Dhaenens (3rd - 14th) and Karolien De Bleser (16th - 28th)

Theaterkrant.nl

“The image of the outside world that meets the inside world is not only very beautiful, it ’s also a poetic summary of Ontroerend Goed’s body of work, always trying to make different realit ies shift into one another, to allow fiction and reality to pervade each other.”

Enola.be

“What would we miss the most, if humanity ceased to exist? Companies that make this kind of theatre.”

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For her intimate performance OneHundredHomes, Yinka Kuitenbrouwer visited over a hundred people. She talked to them about the idea of ‘home’. With the help of snapshots, quotes and biscuits, Yinka created a new story. An intimate performance, played in a small wooden cabin in Summerhall’s Courtyard, designed by carpenter/artist Dries Warlop.

OneHundredHomes is an ongoing performance: each time Yinka performs the play, she also visits people from the area, adding their stories to her archives. During her stay at the Fringe, Yinka will continue to collect impressions in the Edinburgh area, visiting residents, artists, and visitors. Join Yinka in her new Edinburgh home!

ONEHUNDREDHOMESYINKA KUITENBROUWER

VENUE The street (look for the sign!)

1 hour (14+)

PREVIEW 3rd - 4th 14:05 (£8)

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COPRODUCTION YINKA KUITENBROUWER (BE), DRIFT VZW (BE), BIG IN BELGIUM (BE), RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) PERFORMANCE YINKA KUITENBROUWER COACHING INEKE NIJSSEN AND DIRK PAUWELS DRAMATURGY MIEKE VERSYP SCENOGRAPHY DRIES WARLOP PHOTO YURI VAN DER HOEVEN WITH SPECIAL

THANKS TO JELLE CLARISSE, RUTH MARIËN, BESTEBUREN, BIJ’DE VIEZE GASTEN, CAMPO, KC DEWERF, PROVINCE OOST-VLAANDEREN, CITY OF GHENT AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE VISITED.

YINKA KUITENBROUWER

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Bildraum is a performance in which an architect and a photographer compose an audio visual story live on stage. By reconstructing spaces in which memories once took place, different storylines slowly unfold like browsing a photo- album created on the spot. Two performers act as technicians of the imagination using architectural models, live photography, sounds and music. Bildraum offers an experience in which the past and the present seem to coincide and in which the spectator himself gradually develops the connections in between. Bildraum unites the visual and the spacial into a surprising and virtual ritualistic performance.

ATELIER BILDRAUMBILDRAUM

VENUE Old Lab - 20:55

40 min (U)

SHOWS £10 - concessions £8

COPRODUCTION ATELIER BILDRAUM (BE), KUNSTENWERKPLAATS PIANOFABRIEK (BE), BIG IN BELGIUM (BE), RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) CREATIVE CREDITS CONCEPT ATELIER BILDRAUM PERFORMERS STEVE SALEMBIER EN CHARLOTTE BOUCKAERT SOUNDDESIGN DUNCAN SPEAKMAN TECHNICIAN CHRISTOPH DONSE DRAMATURGICAL ADVICE MARNIX RUMMENS WITH THE SUPPORT

OF BEURSSCHOUWBURG, WP ZIMMER EN THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY THANKS TO ZSENNE ARTLAB, JULIE PFLEIDERER, BAS SCHEVERS, TIBO VANDENBORRE, PHILIP JANSSENS, XAVIER CATRY

Theaterkrant.nl

“. . .the reality of the l ive event, only a second later, mixes with the memory of a solidif ied image.”

AT E L I E R B I L D R A U M

BILDRAUM

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Macbeth and Kurt Cobain and Lady Macbeth and Courtney Love inspire a pitch-black comedy about unbridled ambition, hunger for power and an addiction to intoxication and ecstasy. Macbain is a triptych of hilarious interviews with the pop stars, a freaky fast-forward puppet version of Macbeth culminating in a merciless symbiosis of grunge royal couple Cobain- Love and the king and queen of Scotland. In their 22 years of creating work together, Dood Paard have forged a reputation as one of European theatre’s most ground-breaking companies.

MACBAINDOOD PAARD

VENUE Old Lab - 20:55

1 hour 15min (+16)

PREVIEW3rd (£8)

SHOWS £10 - concessions £8

COPRODUCTION BIG IN BELGIUM (BE), RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) PERFORMERS GILLIS BIESHEUVEL AND MANJA TOPPER SOUND DESIGN WESSEL SCHRIK LIGHT DESIGN JULIAN MAIWALD TECHNICIANS MICHAEL YALLOP AND ELMAR NEUDAM TEXT GERARDJAN RIJNDERS, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, COURTNEY LOVE AND KURT COBAIN TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH PAUL EVANS PHOTO SANNE PEPER WITH

THE SUPPORT OF PERFORMING ARTS FUND AND THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM

MACBAIN

Volkskrant

“A dark poem about two people tormented by fear and guilt, intoxicated by fame and lust for power, feverishly seeking solace with each other in their half-drugged state.”

D O O D PA A R D

MACBAIN

A teenage girl runs away from home. To a nearby city. Where nobody seems to notice her. But is there some one looking for her?

Playwright and theatre director Adriaan Van Aken and graphic artist Philip Paquet transformed their dark urban comic book into a dynamic video projection for the big screen. Live on stage, actress Sara Vertongen and keyboard miracle Joris Caluwaerts (Zita Swoon, STUFF., Magnus,...), add voices, sounds and music to the graphic story. Result? The most vivid and at the same time exhilarating reading of a comic book that you could ever wish for.

LAST CALLHET NIEUWSTEDELIJK

VENUE Main Hall - 22:40

1 hour (+16)

PREVIEW 3rd (£8)

SHOWS £10 - concessions £8

COPRODUCTION HET NIEUWSTEDELIJK (BE), BIG IN BELGIUM (BE), RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS (UK), THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH (UK) IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL (UK) TEXT, CONCEPT, DIRECTOR ADRIAAN VAN AKEN PLAY, TRANS-LATION SARA VERTONGEN MUSIC JORIS CALUWAERTS DRAWINGS PHILIP PAQUET TITLE SONG INNE EYSERMANS VIDEO EDITING AND FX KRISTOF VAN PERRE EN ADRIAAN VAN AKEN LIGHT DESIGN THOMAS VERACHTERT SOUND TOM BUYS

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Stijn Dierckx, De Morgen

“Together with actors and musicians, his companions on this quest, one of Belgium’s leading playwrights and directors, Adriaan Van Aken, manages to conjure up a whole world within this new hybrid language. His world …”

HET NIEUWSTEDELIJK

LAST CALL

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WORLD WITHOUT USMAIN HALL

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ONEHUNDREDHOMES

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World Without Us ONTROEREND GOED

OneHundred Homes Y INKA KU ITENBROUWER

Bildraum ATEL IER B ILDRAUM

Macbain DOOD PAARD

Last Call HET N IEUWSTEDEL IJK

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SUMMERHALL Fringe Venue 24summerhall.co.uk box office 0131 560 1581