Theatre

Het Gelukzalige

De Mexicaanse Hond, Olympique Dramatique, Toneelhuis

Het Gelukzalige (Blissful Souls) is about a business partnership between pickpockets, two women and three men. Every morning they spread out over the city, returning only in the evening to hand over the spoils of the day to Brouwer, an elderly woman who no longer ‘works’ herself, but rules the partnership with an iron rod. She ensures that the takings are shared out equally and even after work she keeps a close eye on everyone to prevent relationships forming within the enterprise. Group sex, mating with a dog or a fish, Brouwer doesn’t have a problem with anything like that, but love is undesirable. 

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. 

by

  • Olympique Dramatique
  • De Mexicaanse Hond

text, director, music

  • Alex van Warmerdam

performance

  • Annet Malherbe
  • Eva van de Wijdeven
  • Tom Dewispelaere
  • Geert Van Rampelberg
  • Eva van der Post
  • Ben Segers

light design

  • Stefan Dijkman

sound effects and audio mixing

  • Robert van Delft

costume design

  • Karen De Wolf

production

  • Toneelhuis

coproduction

  • Orkater
  • Toneelhuis

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  1. Thursday 7 April 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  2. Friday 8 April 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  3. Saturday 9 April 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  4. Wednesday 13 April 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  5. Thursday 14 April 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  6. Friday 15 April 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  7. Saturday 16 April 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  8. Tuesday 19 April 2016 — Chassé Theater, Breda
  9. Thursday 21 April 2016 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  10. Friday 22 April 2016 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  11. Saturday 23 April 2016 — CC Zwaneberg, Heist-Op-Den-Berg
  12. Monday 25 April 2016 — Theater De Spiegel, Zwolle
  13. Tuesday 26 April 2016 — De Goudse schouwburg, Gouda
  14. Thursday 28 April 2016 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  15. Friday 29 April 2016 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  16. Saturday 30 April 2016 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  17. Tuesday 3 May 2016 — CC Brugge/Stadsschouwburg, Brugge
  18. Wednesday 4 May 2016 — CCHA, Hasselt
  19. Friday 6 May 2016 — Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
  20. Saturday 7 May 2016 — Stadsschouwburg en Muziekcentrum, Enschede
  21. Monday 9 May 2016 — HNT/Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
  22. Tuesday 10 May 2016 — HNT/Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
  23. Wednesday 11 May 2016 — Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch - s Hertogenbosch
  24. Friday 13 May 2016 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  25. Saturday 14 May 2016 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  26. Tuesday 17 May 2016 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  27. Wednesday 18 May 2016 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  28. Thursday 19 May 2016 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  29. Saturday 21 May 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  30. Sunday 22 May 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  31. Monday 23 May 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  32. Tuesday 24 May 2016 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  33. Thursday 26 May 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  34. Friday 27 May 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  35. Saturday 28 May 2016 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  36. Sunday 29 May 2016 — 16h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  37. Tuesday 31 May 2016 — 21h00 — Theaters, Tilburg
  38. Wednesday 1 June 2016 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  39. Thursday 2 June 2016 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  40. Friday 3 June 2016 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  41. Saturday 4 June 2016 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  42. Tuesday 7 June 2016 — Parktheater, Eindhoven

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