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The Grief of Red Granny Gorges Ocloo / Toneelhuis & LOD muziektheater

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The Grief of Red Granny c Gorges Ocloo uitgensende 3 4 Gorges Ocloo
A ritualised AfrOpera about individual and collective mourning. In a radical arrangement of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater', three singers and three musicians from South Africa, bring to life a mourning process. A musical confrontation between cultures. A universal sound of grief and celebration at the same time.
practical

tickets

15 – 28 euro

general info

✔ English, French, German and Dutch spoken
✔ Dutch surtitled
✔ Songs in Latin, Xhosa and Zulu

The Grief of Red Granny is the first part of a two-part AfrOpera on individual and collective grief. In this first part, we take an emotional journey through one woman's heart, loosely inspired by Queen Elisabeth and director Gorge Ocloo's grandmother (two Red Grannies) and portrayed by actress Tine Joustra. She welcomes us into the ruins of her memories and takes us on the waves of her unprocessed grief.



With his characteristic surreal imagery, Ocloo presents the enigmatic queen in the Garden of Eden. Here, in her ‘after death’, Elisabeth looks back on her life and speaks to us, accompanied by six angels: three vocalists and three instrumentalists, all from South Africa.

The musical leitmotif is Stabat Mater  by Pergolesi. “I will bring Pergolesi to my Voodoo church”, says Ocloo. His radical arrangement of this famous composition draws inspiration from African funerals.

A musical confrontation between cultures. A universal sound of sorrow and celebration.

credits

concept, text, direction, composition, scenography

Gorges Ocloo

text, direction, composition

Gorges Ocloo

actress

Tine Joustra

actrice

Tine Joustra

soprano

Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga

mezzo soprano

Nonkululeko Nkwinti

basso profondo

Ntuthuko Ziqubu

guitars

Charlton Daniels

cello

Dane Coetzee

drums/percussion

Carla Williams

sound design

Victor Hidalgo

dramaturgy

Jana Beckmann, Josse De Pauw

production

Toneelhuis, LOD muziektheater

coproduction

Artscape Theatre Centre Cape Town (SA)

light design

Lies Van Loock, Gorges Ocloo

costume design

Tanya Maldonado, Esther Reijnen

in collaboration with

Artscape Theatre Centre Cape Town (ZA)

set design

Senne Suls, Noah Dockx, Chris Reijnen, Niels Antonissen

with the support of

Diplomatieke Representatie van Vlaanderen in Zuid-Afrika, de Tax Shelter van de Belgische federale overheid, Gallop Tax Shelter, Sabam for Culture
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credits

concept, text, direction, composition, scenography

Gorges Ocloo

text, direction, composition

Gorges Ocloo

actress

Tine Joustra

actrice

Tine Joustra

soprano

Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga

mezzo soprano

Nonkululeko Nkwinti

basso profondo

Ntuthuko Ziqubu

guitars

Charlton Daniels

cello

Dane Coetzee

drums/percussion

Carla Williams

sound design

Victor Hidalgo

dramaturgy

Jana Beckmann , Josse De Pauw

production

Toneelhuis , LOD muziektheater

coproduction

Artscape Theatre Centre Cape Town (SA)

light design

Lies Van Loock , Gorges Ocloo

costume design

Tanya Maldonado , Esther Reijnen

in collaboration with

Artscape Theatre Centre Cape Town (ZA)

set design

Senne Suls , Noah Dockx, Chris Reijnen, Niels Antonissen

with the support of

Diplomatieke Representatie van Vlaanderen in Zuid-Afrika , de Tax Shelter van de Belgische federale overheid, Gallop Tax Shelter, Sabam for Culture
practical

tickets

15 – 28 euro

general info

✔ English, French, German and Dutch spoken
✔ Dutch surtitled
✔ Songs in Latin, Xhosa and Zulu

TICKETS

Wednesday 05 March 2025
20u00
NTGent Schouwburg

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Only humans can fantasise With closed eyes, you can see whomever you’d like Beyond madness, tenderness awaits There's all that future, still Until it holds from the inside