Werken en dagen werd bijzonder enthousiast onthaald door publiek én pers, met een ongeziene sterrenregen in internationale kranten als resultaat. Van The Guardian tot Canadian Review, van The New York Times tot The Stage, recensenten bejubelden de voorstelling.

Een greep uit de recensies:

"Visually dazzling, thematically rich show about humanity’s relationship with the land" – Natasha Tripney in The Stage ★★★★ , 8 August 2025

"The history of humanity stunningly told in Works and Days at the Edinburgh Festival (...) What makes this show so beautiful is the simplicity of each idea combined with the grandness of the effect." – Tim Bano in Financial Times ★★★★★, 12 August 2025

"Wild ride charts the arc of human progress" – Arifa Akbar in The Guardian ★★★★ , 8 August 2025

“FC Bergman’s Works and Days is remarkable. (...) A kind of living artwork based on the land that sits neatly alongside the big Andy Goldsworth exhibition just opened at the Royal Scottish Academy.” - Neil Cooper, The Herald ★★★★★, 8 August 2025

"The Show's brutal but elegant simplicity makes for a refreshing contrast to the more theme-heavy plays at the Fringe. (...) In Works and Days there are no explainers, just a pure visual treat - bracy, witty and highly memorable." - Houman Barekat, The New York Times, 21 August 2025

“One of the beautiful things of the Edinburgh International Festival is that - when it combines bold and imaginative programming with its considerable resources and international renown - it can put before audiences work so original and astonishing that it will stay with them for the rest of their lives. One such production is the extraordinary Works and Days by Flemish company FC Bergman and Antwerp municipal theatre Toneelhuis.” (...) “Unforgettably brilliant theatre work” - Mark Brown, The National, 10 August 2025

“An intriguing work by a (literally) ground breaking theatre company” - Dominica Plummer, The Spy in the Stalls ★★★★, 7 August 2025

“FC Bergman delivers a haunting and visually rich reflection on how humanity has drifted from the soil that once sustained it.” - Matin Cheung, The Reviews Hub ★★★★, August 2025

“Thought-provoking and challenging” - Margaret Rose, Canadian Reviews, 19 August 2025

“Perhaps the most stunning production I saw was the wordless physical-theatre piece Works and Days, by the Belgian company FC Bergman, in the International Festival. (...) Perhaps Works and Days, too, was a memorial; this strange, often ecstatic show was like a funeral rite for all of us, just a little ahead of schedule.” - Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 August 2025

“Works and Days gives us an epic taste of what we might have to gain as our bond to the earth strengthens. It might not be what we imagined, but it is definitely what we want.” (...) “There are very few times when I watch something that encourages me to believe that – simply because the imagination is capable of making art like this – there might still be some hope for humanity. Works and Days is one of those pieces.” - Grace Wallis, A Young(ish) Perspective ★★★★★, 18 August 2025

“In a festival season brimming with bold statements and theatrical invention, Works and Days by Belgian collective FC Bergman stands out as a masterwork of visual storytelling and philosophical depth.” (...) “Works and Days is a staggering achievement—an elegy for a world lost to industry, a celebration of communal resilience, and a cautionary tale about the cost of progress. It’s Belgian theatre at its most fearless: poetic, political, and gloriously bizarre.” - Dominic Corr, Corr Blimey ★★★★, 11 August 2025

“Jaw-dropping theatrical ambition. Nothing less than the history of human civilisation is the theme of FC Bergman's visually stunning show” (...) “There’s no doubting Works and Days’ ambitions – both thematically and theatrically – but what’s lacking is a particular perspective on them. Perhaps it’s that very mix of wide-eyed wonder and the menace of inevitable victimhood that contributes to the show’s uncanny power.” - David Kettle, The Arts Desk ★★★★, 10 August 2025

“Impressive, epic rumination on humanity’s quest to conquer nature” - Laura Kressly, Fest Mag ★★★★, 9 August 2025

“Works and Days is primal ritual dressed in high craft. It sits between dream and nightmare, where Turner’s grandeur meets Bosch’s grotesque and Goya’s horror. It is, without question, one of the most extraordinary works at this year’s festival – a piece you don’t just watch, but survive” - Greg Holstead, North West End UK ★★★★★, 7 August 2025

Op 19 september 25 gaat de nieuwe productie van FC Bergman, Guernica Guernica, in première op de Ruhrtriennale. Vanaf 4 oktober is de voorstelling te zien in de Bourla.