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300 el x 50 el x 30 el

FC Bergman, Toneelhuis

The FC Bergman collective made 300 el x 50 el x 30 el for the 2011 Antwerpse Kleppers festival in the space of just one month.

The wordless production spent five years on tour in Greece, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland, UK and the Netherlands and made in 2022 its US premiere at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in New York. 

A village that is gripped by the fear of an imminent flood. What happens inside the houses is shown on a large screen. Theatre and film are spectacularly interwoven. With a number of prominent guest actors, eighty extras and an entire village on stage. An experience, a trip.

Bold, biblical, bizarre

"With a dark, disconcerting humour – not a million miles from an art-house League of Gentleman – 300 el x 50 el x 30 el peels back the surface of rural life to both sympathise with and sneer at those that live there."

"The cryptic title refers to the dimensions of Noah’s ark as described in the Bible, and the scale is appropriately awe-inspiring: The village that New York audiences will discover in “300 el x 50 el x 30 el” will accommodate a cast of 15, supplemented by scores of locally hired extras, live pigeons and, of course, that forest."

"Theatre of the appetite that knows no bounds. (…) FC Bergman is a bunch of show-offs. At the invitation of Toneelhuis, they made a brand-new play for the Antwerpse Kleppers festival and they did it in just one month. (…) David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Martin Mc Donagh, Roy Andersson, the associative imagination, the cinematic surprise shoot into action seat by seat. As does the trolley-mounted camera. In a continuous circular movement it reveals the inside of six miserable hovels where slices of life are served up. In the undergrowth pointless movement. A live event takes shape, a visual spectacle unfolds."

Stijn Dierickx in De Morgen , 31 January 2011

"A bombardment of wordless images which compound into a sinister play about a community in the grip of a secret fear."

Annette Embrechts in De Volkskrant , 6 August 2013

"Unnerving, eccentric and funny, 300 el x 50 el x 30 el clearly shows why FC Bergman has acquired such a good reputation in a very short space of time."

Joost Goutziers in Brabants Dagblad , 3 August 2013

"The images are impressive and beautiful. A sense of unease descends upon the auditorium, settling here and there in the form of goose pimples or hairs standing up on the back of your neck. There is often a great deal of laughter, too, triggered by the absurdity and audacity of a series of very able guest actors."

by and with

  • Bart Hollanders
  • Joé Agemans
  • Marie Vinck
  • Thomas Verstraeten
  • Matteo Simoni
  • Stef Aerts

cameracrew

  • Joe Agemans / Stef Aerts / Matteo Simoni / Marie Vinck
  • / Niels Antonissen / Judith Van Herck

guests

  • Wim Verachtert / Gregory Frateur
  • Paul Kuijer / John Bogaerts
  • Gert Portael
  • Herwig Ilegems / Frank Focketyn
  • Noor ben taouet / Shana Van Looveren
  • Maurice Luijten / Storm Haazen / Cedric Van Den Abbeele / Cas Slachmuylders /
  • Mo Bakker/ Leon Van Mieghem / Mattis Devoldere Contesse
  • Evelien Bosmans / Julia Akkermans / Celine Verbeeck/
  • Clara Cleymans / Laura François
  • Mieke De Groote / Elsemieke Scholte / Marijke Pinoy /
  • Bien de Moor / Karen Vanparys
  • Gert Winckelmans / Matteo Simoni
  • Ramona Verkerk
  • Arne Focketyn / Maurice Luijten / Jonas Vermeulen
  • Greg Timmermans / Flor Decleir/ Yorrith de Bakker
  • Eddy Vereycken / Frank Focketyn / Stef Lernous / Ruud Gielens / Luc Agemans
  • Bart Hollanders / Jeroen Perceval
  • Oscar Van Rompay / Ward Weemhoff / Stef Aerts / Matthieu Sys

set

  • FC Bergman
  • Matthijs Kuyer

DOP

  • Diego Dezuttere / Kris Dechamps / Thomas Verstraeten

dramaturgical advice

  • Maarten Mertens

dresser

  • Monique Van Hassel

costume design

  • Judith Van Herck

endsong written & composed by

  • Gregory Frateur, Hannes d’Hoine & Tijs Delbeke

endsong vocal

  • Gregory Frateur

production management

  • Celine van der Poel

props

  • Celine van der Poel

internship

  • Alissa Coessens / Frauke Scheldeman / Kristien Borgers / Sarah Ivens

sound and video technique

  • Paul Van caudenberg / Roel Snellebrand/ Ben Smets
  • / Diederik Hoppenbrouwers / Maarten Meeussen

light

  • Henk Vandecaveye / Philippe De Witte / Diederik Suykens

machinery

  • Niels Antonissen / Kobi Gruyaert / Friedemann Koch / Sabbo Verleye

technical production management

  • Henk Vandecaveye / Ken Hioco

production

  • FC Bergman
  • Toneelhuis

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  1. Friday 28 January 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  2. Saturday 29 October 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  3. Tuesday 2 October 2012 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  4. Wednesday 3 October 2012 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  5. Tuesday 9 October 2012 — Berliner Festspiele | Foreign Affairs, Berlijn
  6. Wednesday 10 October 2012 — Berliner Festspiele | Foreign Affairs, Berlijn
  7. Friday 7 June 2013 — Printemps des Comédiens, Montpellier
  8. Saturday 8 June 2013 — Printemps des Comédiens, Montpellier
  9. Friday 2 August 2013 — Theaterfestival Boulevard, Den Bosch - s Hertogenbosch
  10. Saturday 3 August 2013 — Theaterfestival Boulevard, Den Bosch - s Hertogenbosch
  11. Friday 30 August 2013 — Ruhrtriënnale,Maschinenhalle, Gladbeck
  12. Saturday 31 August 2013 — Ruhrtriënnale,Maschinenhalle, Gladbeck
  13. Sunday 1 September 2013 — Ruhrtriënnale,Maschinenhalle, Gladbeck
  14. Thursday 28 August 2014 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  15. Friday 29 August 2014 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  16. Friday 31 October 2014 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  17. Saturday 1 November 2014 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  18. Friday 6 March 2015 — Tanzquartier, Wenen
  19. Saturday 7 March 2015 — Tanzquartier, Wenen
  20. Saturday 21 March 2015 — Théâtre National de la Criée, Marseille
  21. Sunday 22 March 2015 — Théâtre National de la Criée, Marseille
  22. Friday 29 May 2015 — Onassis Cultural Center, Athene
  23. Saturday 30 May 2015 — Onassis Cultural Center, Athene
  24. Saturday 30 January 2016 — Thalia Theater, Hamburg
  25. Sunday 31 January 2016 — Thalia Theater, Hamburg
  26. Friday 11 November 2016 — Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, Madrid
  27. Saturday 12 November 2016 — Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, Madrid
  28. Thursday 1 December 2016 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  29. Friday 2 December 2016 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  30. Saturday 3 December 2016 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  31. Sunday 4 December 2016 — 15h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  32. Thursday 23 November 2017 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  33. Friday 24 November 2017 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  34. Saturday 25 November 2017 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  35. Wednesday 31 January 2018 — 20h00 — Barbican, Londen
  36. Thursday 1 February 2018 — 20h00 — Barbican, Londen
  37. Friday 2 February 2018 — 20h00 — Barbican, Londen
  38. Saturday 3 February 2018 — 20h00 — Barbican, Londen
  39. Friday 31 August 2018 — 20h30 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  40. Saturday 1 September 2018 — 20h30 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  41. Sunday 2 September 2018 — 15h00 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  42. Cancelled: Friday 22 February 2019 — Materia Prima Festival, Krakau
  43. Saturday 23 February 2019 — Materia Prima Festival, Krakau
  44. Saturday 2 March 2019 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  45. Sunday 3 March 2019 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  46. Wednesday 28 September 2022 — 19h30 — BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York
  47. Thursday 29 September 2022 — 19h30 — BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York
  48. Friday 30 September 2022 — 19h30 — BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York
  49. Saturday 1 October 2022 — 19h30 — BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York
  50. Thursday 12 January 2023 — 20h00 — Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxemburg
  51. Friday 13 January 2023 — 20h00 — Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxemburg
  52. Wednesday 13 September 2023 — 20h00 — Teatre Lliure, Barcelona
  53. Thursday 14 September 2023 — 20h00 — Teatre Lliure, Barcelona

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