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“Community of Villains” is about all of us locked in a VIP room with no emergency exit. Who are we in this world that seems to be transforming itself on its own? Or is there someone behind the controls? It is a story about the madness of flexi-working, delivered by a pizza delivery boy or a media trainer. It is a city symphony set to a fast rhythm where one person reclaims the past and the other sees the future as a revolutionary playground, but no one has a grip on the present anymore. It's about us. No, we're not villains. None of us are. We just carry on, that's how it is. Everything is normal. Only time is broken. A performance full of music, for and from everyone, and where Jacques Tati is our uncle.

Result

• 45 Participants
• 9 performances: cc Berchem, cc Deurne and oc Het Oude Badhuis. 
• 1000 spectators

Credits

• Artistic: Jeroen Olyslaegers (writer), Enrique Noviello (musician) Katja Pire (movement)
• Organizational:  in collaboration with cc Berchem, oc Het Oude Badhuis and cc Deurne in collaboration with various social services from the participating districts.
• Support: Flemish Community, project-based city of Antwerp, districts Deurne, Berchem and Antwerp

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 Street performance

A zebra crossing, where people cross each other, without time for meetings or contact. Choreographer and dancer Katja Pire creates a performance together with a number of (young) performers with the mission to meet each other in this place. A micro-relationship arises and develops within the time span of a traffic light.

This summer, Katja Pire is working in the rehearsal rooms of Fameus on her performance 'Don't walk - Boogie'. For this special performance that combines impro and choreo, Katja works with dancers, young and old. The result is an unusual dance performance in a special, unusual location. Suitable for all ages.

Result

• 9 participants
• 4 public presentation moments on location: Meir intersection, Turnhoutsebaan intersection at deRoma. 
• 250 spectators

Credits

• Artistic: choreographer Katja Pire.
• Photo: Katja Pire
• Support: Borgerhout district

In the run-up to the municipal elections on October 14, Madam Fortuna takes to the streets and gives citizens their vote. We sing and play about what our city has to offer and about what it lacks. 'Voice of the City' is a short street theater performance about the longing, joy and sadness of our city.

We will present ourselves in squares, in the streets. Both in the center and on the edge of the city. A group of 23 players, singers and musicians greet you!

Peter De Graef wrote the text based on the themes that our participants raised.

I WAS THINKING LAST NIGHT: WHAT SHOULD I SAY TOMORROW?!
WHAT ELSE IS RELEVANT TO SAY
IN A PERIOD WHEN EVERYONE THROWS EVERYTHING THAT COMES TO HIM INTO THE PUBLIC.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

NO ONE IS LOCKED UP. EVERYBODY. EVERYONE IS MORONIC.
IT WOULD BECOME ME TO BE SILENT NOW.
TO OFFER YOU THE SILENCE.

Result

• 23 participants
• 13 public presentation moments at various locations in the city: cathedral square, Mechelseplein, Krugerplein, Meir, Draakplaats, Dageraadplaats, Ter Rivierenhof (Ecodroom), Grote Omarming at the Plantin Moretuslei intersection, Kavka (afterparty the great embrace), Leopold De Waelplaats.
• 3800 spectators

Credits

• Artistic: musical compositions Enrique Noviello, playing: Zukisa Nante, Idy Mbenge and Andreas Nys, text: Peter de Graef.
• Organizational: in collaboration with Kavka, Ecodroom, De Grote embrace

Play the game. Jeopardize your job.

Don't be the main character. Seek confrontation.

But do it unintentionally. Avoid ulterior motives.

Be vulnerable and strong. Don't watch, don't prove anything,

but with all presence of mind remain open to signs'

(from 'About the villages' Peter Handke)

Madam Fortuna worked with a group of enthusiastic players on game improvisation. It is especially important to show yourself, to dare, to experience the joy of playing, to be in the moment.

Result

• 11 participants of which 7 take part in the presentations
• 3 presentations in our own room
• 200 spectators

Credits

• Artistic: game coach Bea van den Berg and Luk Nys 
• Support: Famous

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“Bonjour” I always said
and I jumped out of bed and ran outside
On my bare feet
On the warm ground

Africa

Bonjour, I always said
Hello warm earth!
Hello warm sun!
Hello hot birds!

But what do I mean by that?
Why am I saying this?
Why am I saying this to you?

A young man tries to build a future in a new country but is confronted with a reality that is very difficult for him to come to grips with. The text is inspired by 'Le Horla' by Guy de Maupassant. 'Never again a monologue' is a work in progress, the development of a creation with the Senegalese actor Idy Mbengue.

Result

• 1 presentation in Rataplan (October 14, 2018)
• 70 spectators

Credits

• Artistic: Idy Mbenge in collaboration with Luk Nys (game coach, text)
• Organizational: WIPCOOP and Rataplan
• Support:  Borgerhout district

To Ostend!
For a 'rendezvous musical' between Madam Fortuna and KleinVerhaal.
An introduction between 2 houses. A house in Antwerp and a house in Ostend.
With the question: what do these 2 houses have in common?
We will find the answer in 1 weekend.
It will be a special musical encounter between musicians from the Ostend Street Orchestra and musicians from MF projects. 2 full days that revolve around music and participation, research and experiment.

Result

• 16 participants
• 1 presentation for the employees of Klein Verhaal

Credits

• Collaboration between Madam Fortuna and Klein Verhaal. Location: Klein Verhaal / Ostend.

The European Caravan – 4th edition

Grandma was a spirited explorer. She wandered all her life. She traveled through Africa, the Middle East and Europe. She found something valuable in every culture. After all, she is very open minded. And everywhere she went, she fell in love and… children were born.

Now she is a day older and she looks back on her beautiful life. She still has an important wish and hopes that her children and grandchildren will fulfill it. That wish sounds like an oracle about 'people, money and earth'. Every member of the family puts a spin on it. And this is not without consequences. A passionate struggle for life and death ensues. Where is this family headed?

Our musical theater performance 'If we dance, grandma won't die' played at the most fantastic festival in the city: SUMMER OF ANTWERP edition 2019.

We are a very large, young and mixed gang with players, young people, singers and Roma musicians from Antwerp, Ghent, Barcelona and Skopje (Macedonia). Professionals and enthusiasts bring together the life story of a special grandmother and her family.

Result

• Participants: 34
  • Musicians: Martin Balogh (accordion and piano), Robert Mihalik (guitar), Anouk Sanczuk (violin), Jeanneke Van Roeyen (violin), Norbert Makula (violin), Nevrus Bajram (bass guitar), Dragan Teodosiev (drum), Tehamana Gauguin (trumpet), Mario Roca (guitar), David Canal (guitar), Pier Paolo Candeloro (saxophone and clarinet), Stefaan Blancke (saxophone and trombone). 
  • Players: Edith Verlinden, Andreas Nys, Gwendolin Van Jole, Zukisa Nante, Hussein Mahdi Al-Khalidi 
  • Dancers: 12 young people between 11 and 16 years old from Luchtbal, Kiel and Antwerp-Noord. 
  • 10 members of the choir Al Kantar of Madam Fortuna
• 10 performances
• 5000 spectators

Credits

• Artistic:
  • music coach and compositions: Enrique Noviello,
  • movement coach: Sandra Delgadillo,
  • text coach: Bea van den Berg,
  • dramaturgical input: An Hackselmans,
  • text:  a theater text by Peter de Graef.
  • game coach and final director: Luk Nys. 
• Social: Sait Seharsijan, Jonas Mertens and Srdjan Amet 
• Organizational: Madam Fortuna in collaboration with M.I.R. (Skopje/Macedonia), Taller de Musics (Barcelona/Spain) and 'Bij de Vieze Gasten' (Ghent/Belgium) and THE SUMMER OF ANTWERP. 
• Support:  Summer of Antwerp and City of Antwerp

I am 1.83 m tall, I weigh 80 kilos, I have big hands, I have thick lips, I have brown eyes, I have big ears, I have a big nose,…
As you can see,
physically everything is in tip top condition!

Iraqi theater maker Hussein Al-Khalidi has lived in Belgium since 2015. He gives a monologue about his place in society and his future in Western Europe.

Hussein is also curious about who is in the room with him and is happy to enter into a dialogue with you. How did you get here? What are you looking for?

Hussein takes off his mask and shows himself as a person and as a player.

Result

• 2 Performances: Rataplan and Wintervuur

Credits

• artistic: game: Hussein Mahdi, coach: Luk Nys, text: Hussein Mahdi and Luk Nys
• organizational: WIPCOOP and Arenberg Schouwburg. 
• Photo: Karolina Maruszak

2020.We follow the events in the town of Xanatopia. Here everyone seeks his own gain, his own right, his own happiness. There is bustle everywhere, different voices are heard and action is taking place. Strange situations and absurd humor determine life on every street corner. This town seems crazy. What is her future?

Our players and musicians are residents from various Antwerp districts: a colorful group of enthusiasts and professionals, young and old (from 9 to 83 years old) and with diverse backgrounds.

Result

• 29 participants
• 9 performances in different districts of the city
• 1050 spectators

Credits

• Artistically and socially coached by Enrique Noviello (music compositions), Bart Patoor (singing) and Katja Pire (movement), Bea van den Berg (voice) and Luk Nys (final direction). 
• Organizational: in collaboration with cc Deurne, oc Nova, Het Oude Badhuis, Rataplan
• Support: project subsidy city of Antwerp, districts of Antwerp, Borgerhout and Deurne.

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Music!
Because the intensity of life cannot be captured with everyday language.

Poetry!
Because everyday language cannot express the incongruity of our lives.

Eros & Thanatos promises a thrilling concert, in which music and poetry strengthen and challenge each other.

15 musicians and 2 actors with Western European, African, South American, Arab and Roma roots, led by Wouter van den Abeele and Luk Nys, created a strong performance about the urge to live and die, 'Eros & Thanatos'.

Result

• The performance was resumed on 10/12/2020 in Handelsbeurs Ghent with a formidable live stream.
• 380 viewers

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