Mount Olympus. To glorify the cult of tragedy, a 24 hour performance, is one huge slab of history dipped in a sea of time. It is humanity’s time, time of the birth of tragedy, of the descent into hell and the volcano of evil, ceaselessly spewing its ashes. Its breeding grounds are the hubris, blindness and cravings of man. Over and over, man stumbles over pine commandments, falls, and drags along generations of time.
Simultaneously distant and nearby, we recognize outlines of stories and characters taken from Greek tragedy. These characters have their faults torn open by Fabre, are left in tatters, beaten by violence and Homeric laughter and fervent ecstasy.
However, tragedy is forced to share its spotlights with time. What is time, in theatre? What happens when time is stretched out, until it relaxes and unravels? Is this a sort of hallucination? A dream? What is it like to wallow in the swamp of insomnia
Mount Olympus is shaping up to be a unique experience. Come climb that mountain, pe into that ocean. This will be unforgettable.
The performance will be spoken in Dutch, English, French and German
With Dutch and English subtitles
Mount Olympus has been selected for the Theatre Festival and will be staged at the Bourla again on September 27th 2016!
http://mountolympus.be
However, tragedy is forced to share its spotlights with time. What is time, in theatre? What happens when time is stretched out, until it relaxes and unravels? Is this a sort of hallucination? A dream? What is it like to wallow in the swamp of insomnia
Mount Olympus is shaping up to be a unique experience. Come climb that mountain, pe into that ocean. This will be unforgettable.
The performance will be spoken in Dutch, English, French and German
With Dutch and English subtitles
Mount Olympus has been selected for the Theatre Festival and will be staged at the Bourla again on September 27th 2016!
http://mountolympus.be
concept, direction, scenography
- Jan Fabre
author
- Miet Martens
text
- Jeroen Olyslaegers
- Jan Fabre
performer
- Marc Moon Van Overmeir
- Marina Kaptijn
- Renée Copraij
- Piet Defrancq
- Melissa Guerin
- Sven Jakir
- Gilles Polet
- Pietro Quadrino
- Merel Severs
- Kasper Vandenberghe
- Stella Hottler
- Lore Borremans
- Katrien Bruyneel
- Annabelle Chambon
- Cedric Charron
- Anny Czupper
- Els Deceukelier
- Barbara De Coninck
- Ivana Jozic
- Gustav Koenigs
- Sarah Lutz
- Moreno Perna
- Antony Rizzi
- Lies Vandewege
- Andrew Van Ostade
- Fabienne Vegt
- Matteo Sedda
image
- Phil Griffin
light design
- Helmut Van Den Meersschaut
- Jan Fabre
music
- Dag Taeldeman
sound, set, light
- Tom Buys
costume design
- Kasia Mielczarek
- Jan Fabre
assistance of the director
- Floria Lomme
technician
- Wout Janssens
- Jan Balfoort
- Vic Grevendonk
production management
- Sebastiaan Peeters
technical production management
- André Schneider
choreography
- Jan Fabre
light
- Helmut Van Den Meersschaut
photography
- Sam De Mol
guest dramaturg
- Freddy Decreus
- Hans-Thies Lehman
- Luk Van Den Dries
web content
- Sam De Mol
production
- Troubleyn / Jan Fabre
coproduction
- Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs
- Concertgebouw Brugge
- Julidans 2015 Amsterdam
with the support of
- Stad Antwerpen
- Angelos
