Every word was once an animal
Mirjam Devriendt 'Every Word Was Once An Animal' starts when a person comes on stage, walks casually to the microphone, adjusts it and starts talking. The person who is going to do all of this is good at opening scenes. Everyone would have liked to play that part but fate has appointed just one of us.
If you open the show, you set the tone of the whole show. And that's not easy, to open a show. It’s a big responsibility, because if the first lines are well done, if they land well, then it’s magic.
The beginning can’t go on forever. The rest of the show has to happen, and no, we can’t spoil it. But trust us, we’re telling you stories.
In Every Word Was Once An Animal, Ontroerend Goed dances on the thin line between truth and another truth. Forget what you just read. Just remember that half a truth is often a great lie.
"This is head-spinning theatre"The Guardian - Mark Fisher ****
"This show intrigues, alienates and makes you laugh"De Morgen - Ewoud Ceulemans ****
cast
- Aaron J. Gordon
- Bastiaan Vandendriessche
- Charlotte De Bruyne
- Karolien De Bleser
- Shôn Dale-Jones
credits
direction
Alexander Devriendttext
Alexander Devriendt, Angelo Tijssens, Charles Purcell, de casttechnique
Pepijn Mesure, Koen De Wilde, Anne Meeussen, Jeroen Wuyts Babette Poncelet, Valerie Le Roy, Pepijn Mesure, Leentje Kerremans, Thibault Annoot (stage)production
Marie Peeters, Fien Vandermeersch (stage)video
Angelo Tijssens (regie), Maxime Lahousse (DOP)coproduction
PerPodium, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Richard Jordan Productionswith support of
De Vlaamse Overheid, Stad Gent, Tax Shelter van de Belgische Federale Overheid
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