Five easy pieces
Five easy pieces
Milo Rau / IIPM / Campo
The stage is transformed into a studio where a documentary reenactment of the Dutroux affair is being filmed live and in full view.
An equivocal, somewhat troubled coach is responsible for casting the Flemish children chosen to play all the characters in the case—victims, parents, police officers and other people linked to the events.
After questioning them about their tastes and identity, he is also the one who introduces them to acting and directs them in front of the camera throughout the performance.
Apart from providing details about the crimes, from the murderer’s childhood in Burundi, at the height of the Congo
Crisis, to the funeral of his last victim, Swiss director, Milo Rau, who specialises in thorny, subversive dramatic investigations, explores the history of Belgium from the 1960s onwards.
Far from being put off by the serious subject matter, and despite showing it all due respect, this production and its budding actors do not refrain from some essential moments of comic relief and several upbeat musical numbers.
[BACKSTAGE]
Toernee General
Five esay pieces - @ Phile Deprez
Five esay pieces - Phile Deprez
Five esay pieces - Phile Deprez
Five esay pieces - Phile Deprez
Five esay pieces - Phile Deprez
Info
Language
NL > FR & EN
Duration
90'
Cast
Concept, text & direction
Milo Rau
Text & performance
Rachel Dedain, Maurice Leerman, Pepijn Loobuyck, Willem Loobuyck, Polly Persyn, Peter Seynaeve, Elle Liza Tayou & Winne Vanacker
Performance film
Sara De Bosschere, Pieter-Jan De Wyngaert, Johan Leysen, Peter Seynaeve, Jan Steen, Ans Van den Eede, Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse
Dramaturgy
Stefan Bläske
Direction assistant & performance coach
Peter Seynaeve
Research
Mirjam Knapp & Dries Douibi
Set & costume design
Anton Lukas
Video & sound design
Sam Verhaert
Child care & production assistant
Ted Oonk
Music coach
Herlinde Ghekiere
Voice articulation coach
Françoise Vanhecke
Realisation scenography
Ian Kesteleyn
French translation
Isabelle Grynberg
Technical
Piet Depoortere & Bram Geldhof
Second camera
Alexander Van Waes
Sound video
Henk Rabau
Production management
Wim Clapdorp, Mascha Euchner-Martinez & Eva-Karen Tittmann
Tour management
Leen De Broe
Sales management
Marijke Vandersmissen
Production
CAMPO & IIPM
Coproduction
Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels 2016, Münchner Kammerspiele, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallee Zürich, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), SICK! Festival UK, Sophiensaele Berlin & Le phénix scène nationale Valenciennes pôle européen de création executive.
CAMPO is supported by the Flemish Government, The Province of East Flanders & The City of Ghent.
© Phile Deprez
See also...
-
The repetition, Histoire(s) du théâtre (I)
Milo Rau / IIPM / kunstenfestivaldesarts 2018
Milo Rau examines the history of the creation of stage design and questions its role in the representation of reality and audience manipulation.
