This performance will be in Dutch
Unbridled musical theatre
There’s a commotion behind the closed theatre curtain.
It’s The Show.
The Show is furious!
It growls and snarls and tears everything to shreds.
The show can’t go on like this; soon the whole theatre will be destroyed!
The curtain must stay closed.
The Usher must put out the fire. But how?
With a healthy dose of punk, absurd humour and a thirst for performance, Goele Denil, Gode Kempen, Sascha Bornkamp and Elias Vandenbroucke set out in search of that which refuses to be tamed.
What would the world look like if we didn’t rein in our tirades, our tapping feet and our fidgeting fingers? What does that swirling energy – which burns and roars and never wants to go to sleep – tell us? Is anger something to be afraid of, or can we learn something from it? And what happens if, instead of suppressing our fierce emotions, we embrace them?
Credits
Concept and text Goele Denil
Music Gode Kempen
Cast Sascha Bornkamp, Goele Denil, Gode Kempen, Elias Vandenbroucke
Coaching and stage direction Karolien De Bleser
Set design and costumes Chloé Wasselin-Dandre
Lighting design and set construction Stef Depover
Technical support Roel De Bruyne
Production Productiehuis Ouroboros
Co-production HET LAB
A bit of background
‘WOEST’ is a musical family show for anyone over the age of ten who has ever felt their stomach churning, felt a storm raging from their mouth, felt steam coming out of their ears, and who was then told they had to be calm and quiet – and above all, NOT, NOT, NOT ANGRY! NOT! TO! BE! ANGRY! AND THEREFORE NOW DOESN’T KNOW HOW!!! TO!!! DEAL!!! WITH!!! ALL!!! THOSE!!! FURIOUS!!! FEELINGS!!!
Goele Denil graduated in 2020 as a performer/creator from the Antwerp Conservatory. She has a great fascination for completely mad characters, absurd twists and worlds bursting at the seams. In creating ‘WOEST’, she draws on her past as a criminologist/remedial educationalist and gives a platform to that which is not allowed to exist.
This production is realised with the support of the Belgian federal government’s Tax Shelter scheme and Beside Tax Shelter
Co-presented with Kopergietery Text: Goele Denil Music: Gode Kempen Cast: Goele Denil, Gode Kempen, Sascha Bornkamp and Elias Vandenbroucke Coaching, final direction: Karolien De Bleser Set design, costumes: Chloé Wasselin-Dandre
photo © Hanne Fransen