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On a dark stage, 6 people play instruments with a lot of dynamics. A man in the middle drums while splashing water around the room, a violinist kneels on a beam, another lies on his back with a double bass on his stomach.
© Michiel Devijver
On a dark stage, 6 people play instruments with a lot of dynamics. A man in the middle drums while splashing water around the room, a violinist kneels on a beam, another lies on his back with a double bass on his stomach.
© Michiel Devijver

Miet Warlop / Irene Wool / NTGent

One Song – Histoire(s) du Théâtre IV

Theatre with the out-of-breath feeling of an action film: the latest theatre (and sports) spectacle from Summer Festival star Miet Warlop.

Tickets:

28 / 16 Euro (conc. from 9 Euro, 50 % conc. with Festivalkarte)

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A handout with song lyrics is laid out. Possible triggers: Loud music

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Thursday

8/10/23

7:45 PM

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Friday

8/11/23

7:45 PM

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Saturday

8/12/23

7:45 PM

If ever the adjective “breathtaking” fits, it’s to describe the new play by waggish performance artist Miet Warlop. Because not just the people on stage get out of breath here, but the audience as well, as they watch 14 performers in a dizzying sports piece which turns out to be a sweaty concert of one single song. A freaked-out stadium announcer, a fan choir, a football team, a violinist on the balance beam, a singer on the treadmill: everyone gives everything here until the last note, breath or drop of sweat. And thus, create a ravishing allegory on life, loss, art and theatre, which Miet Warlop has brought close to the fine arts for 20 years. Her exhilarating spectacles of color and form, with which she has been a frequent guest at Summer Festival, are expanded with ONE SONG, a performance art piece that was created at the Belgian City Theater NTGent as part of a series on the (personal) history of theatre, frenetically celebrated at its premiere at Festival d’Avignon, and declared highlight of the year by the New York Times.

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A sweaty and serious-looking woman stands on a gymnastics bar and plays the violin. She is wearing a grey bodysuit with a little skirt and red cuffs on her legs.
© Michiel Devijver
Nine smiling people in grey, red and blue sports outfits, with white shoes and red cuffs on their legs, stand and sit on a wooden tribune.
© Michiel Devijver
About 15 people in blue and black sports jerseys with big white numbers stand with their backs to the camera. They hold up signs and wave red ribbons.
© Michiel Devijver
Four people with long sports fan scarves stand on a wooden stand, swinging their long hair. A seated person in a red overall speaks into a megaphone.
© Michiel Devijver
A sweaty person in athletic clothing stands with his legs wide apart and slightly bent at the knees between two drums, playing them with batons. Five cheering people sit in the background and behind him is another person at the microphone
© Michiel Devijver
Six people lie exhausted on and in front of a wooden stand. One person in a red overall sits upright and speaks into a megaphone. Parts of a drum kit are in front of the stand.
© Michiel Devijver
Five sweaty people in sporty clothes stand on a chaotic stage with a drum kit and sing with their right hand on their left chest.
© Michiel Devijver
On a dark stage, 6 people play instruments with a lot of dynamics. A man in the middle drums while splashing water around the room, a violinist kneels on a beam, another lies on his back with a double bass on his stomach.
© Michiel Devijver

With Simon Beeckaert, Stanislas Bruynseels, Rint Dens, Judith Engelen, Elisabeth Klinck, Marius Lefever, Willem Lenaerts, Luka Mariën, Milan Schudel, Melvin Slabbinck, Joppe Tanghe, Karin Tanghe, Wietse Tanghe, Flora Van Canneyt Concept, Direction, Stage Miet Warlop Text Miet Warlop (Consulting: Jeroen Olyslaegers) Music Maarten Van Cauwenberghe mit allen Sound Design Bart Van Hoydonck, Raf Willems Costumes Carol Piron & Filles à Papa Light Dennis Diels Lighting Engineer Laurent Ysebaert Dramaturgy Giacomo Bisordi Distribution Frans Brood Productions

Production NTGent, Miet Warlop / Irene Wool vzw Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, DE SINGEL Antwerp, Tandem Scène Nationale (Arras-Douai), Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne Centre dramatique national, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, La Comédie de Valence – Centre dramatique national Drôme – Ardèche, Teatre Lliure Barcelona. Supported by De Vlaamse Overheid, Stadt Gent, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government Summer Festival performance funded by Fußball & Kultur EURO 2024 gGmbH aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums des Innern und für Heimat sowie der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.