Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Young New York company Nature Theater of Oklahoma, which performed Poetics: A Ballet Brut at Vooruit last year, is one of the biggest stage revelations of the past years. Their performance Rambo Solo is as fascinating as it is simple. Ever since he was ten, Actor Zachary Oberzan has been obsessed with the film Rambo and First Blood, the book on which the film is based. Oberzan narrates the story in full detail with childlike enthusiasm. On the three screens behind him, you see the reconstruction recorded in his tiny New York apartment: the loft bed becomes the cliff Rambo dives from, the shower becomes a prison. When his memory fails him, Oberzan fills the gaps with creative variations. As his story unfolds, the difference between the movie superhero and the stage actor becomes more and more unclear.

• After the performance on Friday the 16th of October, you will be able to watch ‘Flooding with love for the kid’, the Rambo-inspired film that Zachary recorded in his New York flat. Even if you don’t have a ticket for the show, you can watch the film in the Balzaal, starting at around 9.30 p.m.