A sublimely spectacular happening, somewhere between a decadent fashion show, a queer cabaret and a shamanistic fertility ritual.
Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe's imagination knows no bounds. In A Revue, the young director stages a retro-futuristic cabaret. What if, let’s say 2000 years from now, earthlings rediscover the classical repertoire and perform it?
What will the early music of the future sound like? Is it performed by people, robots or aliens? And will opera and ballet be vague memories by then, or a straw to clutch onto in the search for lost emotions?
Digging into the history of music, our earthlings explore the raw power of the voice and the body. Theatre becomes a time machine, as nostalgic as it is revolutionary.
What will the early music of the future sound like? Is it performed by people, robots or aliens? And will opera and ballet be vague memories by then, or a straw to clutch onto in the search for lost emotions?
Digging into the history of music, our earthlings explore the raw power of the voice and the body. Theatre becomes a time machine, as nostalgic as it is revolutionary.
A sublime and spectacular happening that keeps on resonating long afterwards.
"Found it! A performance that gives you the feeling that you are having the night of a lifetime."
"Meirhaeghe's A Revue , with Louise van den Eede as dramaturge and 'librettist', is a stunning performance. A group of more than 25 performers, scenographers, costume designers, musicians and sculptors put their shoulders to this project at the edge of the established circuits. But even more amazing is the energy and panache with which the group taps into the revolutionary and erotic potential of (opera) music. A sensuous ode to live as a parade full of tenderness, pleasure and gender equality."
concept, direction
- Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
with
- Ellen Wils
- Maribeth Diggle
- Arnout Lems
- Dolly Bing Bing
- Simon Van Schuylenbergh
- Jelle Haen
- Bjorn Floreal
- Oriana Mangala
- Adrien De Biasi
- Eurudike De Beul
- Lionel Couchard
- Sophia Rodriguez
text, dramaturgy
- Louise Van den Eede
musical dramaturgy
- Katherina Lindekens
- Lena Meyskens
sound design and composition
- Laurens Mariën
- Jasper Segers
piano
- Maya Dhondt
scenography
- Bart Van Merode
- Julian Weber
light design
- Bart Van Merode
scenographic assistance
- Zaza Dupont
Visual artists
- Julian Weber
- Sietske Van Aerde
- Daan Couzijn
- Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
costumes
- Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
- Julian Weber
- Sietske Van Aerde
make-up
- Jelle Haen
distribution
- ART HAPPENS
production
- d e t h e a t e r m a k e r
coproduction
- DE SINGEL
- Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
- LOD muziektheater
- Theater Rotterdam / Productiehuis Rotterdam
- Viernulvier
executive producer
- Toneelhuis
with the support of
- de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
thanks to
- CAMPO
- Les ballets C de la B
- e.a.
