After the resounding success of the Flemish-Dutch coproduction Bij het kanaal naar links (Turn Left at the Canal, 2011) created jointly by Olympique Dramatique and the Dutch theatre and film-maker Alex van Warmerdam, there was little doubt that that would not be the end of their cooperation. The production Bij het kanaal naar links – which proved worthy of selection for the Dutch Theatre Festival – also underlined the common ground shared by Van Warmerdam and the members of Olympique Dramatique: they all have a great love of the ordinary – of ordinary people like you and me – but in their hands that ordinariness is always dealt a blow, it derails and the dark motives for our actions rise to the surface. Nothing human surprises us…

The ties between the two parties have been further strengthened by Alex van Warmerdam’s films: Tom Dewispelaere appeared in the film Borgman (2013), and he took on one of the lead roles in Schneider vs. Bax, a film by Van Warmerdam (2015). Van Warmerdam has now written a text for this new production with Olympique Dramatique, which is being staged in the large auditoria of Dutch and Belgian theatres.