2020 - Madam Fortuna vzw

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

A city for everyone and no one

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.

Eros & Thanatos

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'.