In 700 BC, the Greek poet Hesiodos wrote down a series of suggestions about the art of agriculture for his brother. This letter, titled ‘Works and Days’ (Werken en dagen), became a Farmer’s Almanac in verse form that combines agricultural advice with a guide to life in general.
FC Bergman is adopting Hesiodos’ title for its own reflection on living on (and with) the land. A life lived according to the rhythm of the seasons, the laws of the earth and the customs of the community that cultivates it. A new age, however, with new possibilities and desires, is making its way in this fragile marriage between humans and the earth.
Whereas FC Bergman’s production The Sheep Song (2021) was a paean to the freedom of the individual and the manipulability of life, Werken en dagen is a veritable ode to the unstoppable power of the group and the boundless power of nature. Although in a way it also – and inevitably – becomes an elegy.
Whereas FC Bergman’s production The Sheep Song (2021) was a paean to the freedom of the individual and the manipulability of life, Werken en dagen is a veritable ode to the unstoppable power of the group and the boundless power of nature. Although in a way it also – and inevitably – becomes an elegy.
direction, scenario, scenography
- Stef Aerts
- Joé Agemans
- Thomas Verstraeten
- Marie Vinck
performers
- Stef Aerts
- Joé Agemans
- Maryam Sserwamukoko
- Thomas Verstraeten/Yorrith De Bakker
- Marie Vinck
- Fumiyo Ikeda
- Geert Goossens
- Roos Janssens/Susan De Ceuster/Bonnie Elias
musical composition and live performance
- Joachim Badenhorst
- Sean Carpio
costume design
- An D'Huys
light design
- Stef Aerts
- Joé Agemans
production
- Toneelhuis
- FC Bergman
coproduction
- Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d'Europa
- Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
with the support of
- de Tax Shelter maatregel v/d Belgische federale overheid via Gallop Tax Shelter
