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Angels in America

Toneelhuis, Olympique Dramatique

"an ode to the capacity of people to transform  and survive. An expression of hope that a society can change course and evolve, like a tanker that – creaking under the strain, to be sure – heads up into the wind. But most of all, it is a plea for the strength and comfort that comes with love.”
– Tom Dewispelaere and Stijn Van Opstal

America in the mid-80s. The Reagan era. Conservative, right wing and brash. Never before has politics been so hard and cold-hearted. AIDS is a new disease that in New York primarily strikes the gay community, unexpectedly fast and mercilessly hard.


This is where the story Angels in America by Tony Kushner starts. The play turned into a modern classic in no time at all. Together with a fantastic cast, Tom Dewispelaere and Stijn Van Opstal have reworked this more than seven-hour-long theatrical diptych into a single evening’s programme.

The kaleidoscopic story of Angels in America is a complex portrait of a combative generation that acts counter to spirit of the era. The havoc caused by AIDS strengthens the ultraconservative forces in their fight against free love; at the same time, the disease as a problem to be solved is ignored. In this merciless climate, we follow more than 20 characters played by eight actors, ranging from travel agents and lawyers to caregivers and ex-drag queens to divine interventions and religious minorities, with shocking scenes of power and hypocrisy, hilarious personalities, and intimate discussions about the fear of death and decline.

“Everything always changes.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Nothing ever really changes.” — Anton Chekhov

text

  • Tony Kushner

translation

  • Carel Alphenaar

direction, adaptation

  • Tom Dewispelaere
  • Stijn Van Opstal

dramaturgy

  • Ellen Stynen

with

  • Tiny Bertels
  • Evelien Bosmans
  • Lukas de Wolf
  • Tijmen Govaerts
  • Sanne Samina Hanssen
  • Lukas Smolders
  • Peter Van den Begin
  • Darryl E. Woods

scenography

  • Stef Stessel

light design

  • Stef Stessel
  • Frank Hardy

costumes

  • Ilse Vandenbussche

musical design

  • One Trick Pony

production

  • Toneelhuis
  • Toneelhuis
  • Olympique Dramatique

with the support of

  • Tax Shelter maatregel v/d Belgische Federale Overheid
  • Casa Kafka Pictures Tax Shelter powered by Belfius

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  1. Thursday 7 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  2. Saturday 9 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  3. Sunday 10 November 2019 — 15h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  4. Tuesday 12 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  5. Wednesday 13 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  6. Thursday 14 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  7. Friday 15 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  8. Saturday 16 November 2019 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  9. Wednesday 20 November 2019 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  10. Thursday 21 November 2019 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  11. Friday 22 November 2019 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  12. Tuesday 26 November 2019 — 19h30 — HNT/Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
  13. Friday 29 November 2019 — 19h00 — CC Zwaneberg, Heist-Op-Den-Berg
  14. Wednesday 4 December 2019 — 19h30 — CCHA, Hasselt
  15. Saturday 7 December 2019 — 19h00 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  16. Wednesday 11 December 2019 — 19h30 — Schouwburg Kortrijk, Kortrijk
  17. Tuesday 17 December 2019 — 19h00 — CC Brugge/Stadsschouwburg, Brugge
  18. Tuesday 7 January 2020 — 19h00 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  19. Wednesday 8 January 2020 — 19h00 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  20. Thursday 9 January 2020 — 19h00 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  21. Tuesday 14 January 2020 — 18h00 — KVS - BOL, Brussel
  22. Wednesday 15 January 2020 — 19h00 — KVS - BOL, Brussel
  23. Thursday 16 January 2020 — 19h00 — KVS - BOL, Brussel
  24. Friday 17 January 2020 — 19h00 — KVS - BOL, Brussel
  25. Wednesday 22 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  26. Thursday 23 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  27. Friday 24 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  28. Saturday 25 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  29. Wednesday 29 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  30. Thursday 30 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  31. Friday 31 January 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  32. Saturday 1 February 2020 — 19h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  33. Wednesday 5 February 2020 — 19h00 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  34. Saturday 8 February 2020 — 19h00 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  35. Saturday 15 February 2020 — 19h00 — CC Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas
  36. Wednesday 19 February 2020 — 19h00 — Warande/Schouwburg, Turnhout
  37. Saturday 22 February 2020 — 19h00 — CC De Factorij, Zaventem
  38. Cancelled: Saturday 12 September 2020 — 19h00 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam

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