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
- Jan Fabre
- Jeroen Olyslaegers
performer
- Ivana Jozic
- Gustav Koenigs
- Barbara De Coninck
- Els Deceukelier
- Anny Czupper
- Sarah Lutz
- Moreno Perna
- Fabienne Vegt
- Matteo Sedda
- Andrew Van Ostade
- Lies Vandewege
- Antony Rizzi
- Cedric Charron
- Annabelle Chambon
- Melissa Guerin
- Sven Jakir
- Piet Defrancq
- Renée Copraij
- Marina Kaptijn
- Gilles Polet
- Pietro Quadrino
- Lore Borremans
- Katrien Bruyneel
- Stella Hottler
- Kasper Vandenberghe
- Merel Severs
- Marc Moon Van Overmeir
image
- Phil Griffin
light design
- Jan Fabre
- Helmut Van Den Meersschaut
music
- Dag Taeldeman
sound, set, light
- Tom Buys
costume design
- Jan Fabre
- Kasia Mielczarek
assistance of the director
- Floria Lomme
technician
- Vic Grevendonk
- Jan Balfoort
- Wout Janssens
production management
- Sebastiaan Peeters
technical production management
- André Schneider
choreography
- Jan Fabre
light
- Helmut Van Den Meersschaut
photography
- Sam De Mol
guest dramaturg
- Luk Van Den Dries
- Hans-Thies Lehman
- Freddy Decreus
web content
- Sam De Mol
production
- Troubleyn / Jan Fabre
coproduction
- Julidans 2015 Amsterdam
- Concertgebouw Brugge
- Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs
with the support of
- Angelos
- Stad Antwerpen