La chambre d'Isabella
Jan Lauwers / Needcompany
On the death of her adoptive parents, Isabella Morandi inherits a piece of property bequeathed by her real father, a museum-like room filled with archaeological and ethnographic items, and lined with a strange cabinet of curiosities: a variety of objects collected by an amateur explorer whom she admiringly calls her “desert prince” and who, according to legend, died during one of his expeditions.
Old and blind, Isabella draws on this memorial site to conjure up the ghosts of her past, including her seventy-four lovers, and share with us, through the prism of her dynamic life, a century of world history.
The tremendous Viviane De Muynck reigns supreme over a cast of actors, singers, dancers and musicians whose dynamic ensemble work sets a breathless pace for this gripping poetic narrative.
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Information
Language
FR, EN > FR, EN, NL
Venue
Grande Salle
Duration
120'
Cast
Jan Lauwers
WithViviane De Muynck, Anneke Bonnema, Hans Petter Dahl, Julien Faure, Benoît Gob, Misha Downey, Sung-Im Her, Sarah Lutz , Maarten Seghers, Elke Janssens, Jan Lauwers
TextJan Lauwers
The monologue of the lyer is written by Anneke Bonnema
MusicHans Petter Dahl, Maarten Seghers
CostumesLot Lemm
Sound designDré Schneider
DramaturgyErwin Jans
Assistant directorElke Janssens
Needcompany (Brussels)
CoproductionFestival d’Avignon, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Théâtre Garonne-Toulouse, La Rose des vents - Scène nationale de Villeneuve d’Asq, Octobre en Normandie, Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, welt in basel theaterfestival
With the partnership ofKaaitheater (Brussels) & Commission Communautaire flamande de la Région Bruxelles-Capitale
With the participation ofMinistère de la Communauté flamande & Loterie nationale belge
© Maarten Vanden Abeele