“You choose our clothes. You watch us as we sleep. You prepare our lunch boxes. You take money from our piggy bank and promise to pay it back later.” These are just a few of the observations the child actors (aged 8 to 14) make about grown-ups in That Night Follows Day. For the very last performance of this internationally successful production the company returns to its hometown Ghent. The script by Tim Etchell – author and director with British company Forced Entertainment, one of Europe’s most prominent performance companies – never turns into children’s drama, but makes for a surprising play about education and the world parents project onto their children. Pure, endearing, confronting and recognizable for parents as well as everybody who’s still in touch with their inner child.
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- jeugd
- opvoeding
- theater
- Artists
- Tim Etchells
in Dutch
Tim Etchells (concept, text & director), Pascale Petralia (assistant director), Martha Balthazar, Lara De Bruyne, Victor De Vriendt, Jozefien Haeseryn, Pjotr Heuvinck, Robbe Langeraert, Jerome Marynissen, Suki Minner-Goossens, Zahna Morel, Yves Rijckaert, Charlotte Van Grembergen, Kika Van Robays, Viktor Van Wynendaele, Arthimis Vergult, Ineke Verhaegen & Ellen Vervaet (performance), Richard Lowdon (scenography), Ann Weckx (costume design), Nigel Edwards (light design), Catherine Thys, Pascale Petralia & Marika Ingels (Dutch translation), Monique Nagielkopf (French translation), Marika Ingels (artistic co-ordination), Wim Clapdorp (production management), Katrien Vanommeslaeghe & Merel Van Den Steen (coach), Françoise Vanhecke (vocal coach), Piet Depoortere & Niels Ieven (technique), Leen De Broe (tour management), Kristof Blom (sales management), Mathilde Geens (concept image) & Phile Deprez (photography)
Production: Campo (Victoria), Gent
Coproduction: Festival D’automne, Parijs (F) / Les Spectacles Vivants – Centre Georges Pompidou, Parijs (F) / Steirischer Herbst, Graz (A) / Productiehuis Rotterdam (Nl)
with the support of Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussel (B) / Fierce Earth, Birmingham (Uk) / Theaterfestival Spielart, München (D) / Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (I)
with special thanks to: Ann Saelens
