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wewillivestorm

wewillivestorm by Benjamin Verdonck, Toneelhuis and Nieuwpoorttheater. In the theatre production wewillivestorm by Belgian Benjamin Verdonck he performed onstage with his father and a musician who didn’t play an instrument. The production contained no words, but used objects on stage as a revolving point.

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(Objekt ID 9210)
Object type Production
Premiere October 18, 2007
Produced by Toneelhuis, Nieuwpoorttheater
Keywords Theatre, Physical theatre, Installation, Object theatre, Post-dramatic theatre
Website benjamin-verdonck.be

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About wewillivestorm Benjamin Verdonck has written the following (from the program of Black Box Teater):

"My father and I are on the stage.
My friend, the musician, is standing on the side.
There´s much pottering, someone´s moving strings.
There´s no speech.
There´s no story, either.
And there´s almost no music."

The floor in wewillivestorm was filled with little boats, bread, felt carpets, chairs, a play horse, steel marbles, and a series of strands and strings binding the objects physically together and at times moving them, in a manner reminiscent of domino-like object tricks, several with a comical result. However, it wasn’t this, but the relation between Verdonck and the objects and Verdonck and his silent dad Herman, driving the action forward.

The Norwegian visiting performance was supported by Arts Council Norway.

Contributors (11)
Name Role
Benjamin Verdonck – Concept/Idea
Valentine Kempynck – Stage design
Valentine Kempynck – Costume
Tomas Desmet – Co-creator
Valentine Kempynck – Co-creator
Benjamin Verdonck – Co-creator
Herman Verdonck – Co-creator
Benjamin Verdonck – Actor
Herman Verdonck – Actor
Tomas Desmet – Musician
Valentine Kempynck – Props
Performance dates
October 20, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
October 19, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
October 18, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) National premiere, Norway