Mark Bisaerts
 

Direction Jan Lauwers
Cast Hendrien Adams, Grace Ellen Barkey, Erick Clauwens, Tom Jansen, Johan Leysen, Dirk Roofthooft, Mil Seghers
Dance Grace Ellen Barkey

Dramaturgy Marianne Van Kerkhoven
Music J.S. Bach Cantate 177
Set Design Jan Lauwers, De Zee (tekening in marmer)
Lighting Design Jan Lauwers, Mark Bisaerts
Costumes Pynoo
Vocal Advice Madeleine Lehning

Production Management Koen Bauwens
Technical Direction Mark Bisaerts
Production Assistant Carlo Bourguignon
Set Realisation Kaaitheater - atelier, Pieter De Koster, Wilfried Van Dyck

Production Mickery (Amsterdam), Theater am Turm (Frankfurt), Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Rotterdam) en Kaaitheater (Brussels)
Coproduction VVC De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam)
With the support of the coproductionfund of Flanders - The Netherlands en the Ministery of the Flemish Community

After Need to know and ça va, Needcompany's third production, Julius Caesar, premiered. The starting points chosen by director Jan Lauwers for this new project are diverse in nature.

 

First and foremost, there is the text by William Shakespeare - a piece less played in our regions - in which not only Julius Caesar but certainly also his assassins, including Brutus, are central: a political drama in which 'humanity separates itself from power'.

A second starting point is J.S. Bach's Kantate 177 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, a penetrating musical piece sung by a clear, matured boy's voice, and Handel's opera Giulio Cesare, to which Grace Ellen Barkey choreographed a dance.

The third point is of a visual nature: the most important element in Julius Caesar's setting is a marble floor, into which a series of figures have been carved. The floor is part of a larger visual artwork by Jan Lauwers, called De Zee, which will be exhibited later.

 

Once again, Jan Lauwers tackles his material in a multidisciplinary way: text and movement, music and rhythm, space and image are fused into an organic whole.

In Lauwers' recreation of the Roman political universe, seven characters walk around; they are played by a Flemish-Dutch cast of five men and two women: Hendrien Adams, Grace Ellen Barkey, Erick Clauwens, Tom Jansen, Johan Leysen, Dirk Roofthooft and Mil Seghers.

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Direction Jan Lauwers
Cast Hendrien Adams, Grace Ellen Barkey, Erick Clauwens, Tom Jansen, Johan Leysen, Dirk Roofthooft, Mil Seghers
Dance Grace Ellen Barkey

Dramaturgy Marianne Van Kerkhoven
Music J.S. Bach Cantate 177
Set Design Jan Lauwers, De Zee (tekening in marmer)
Lighting Design Jan Lauwers, Mark Bisaerts
Costumes Pynoo
Vocal Advice Madeleine Lehning

Production Management Koen Bauwens
Technical Direction Mark Bisaerts
Production Assistant Carlo Bourguignon
Set Realisation Kaaitheater - atelier, Pieter De Koster, Wilfried Van Dyck

Production Mickery (Amsterdam), Theater am Turm (Frankfurt), Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Rotterdam) en Kaaitheater (Brussels)
Coproduction VVC De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam)
With the support of the coproductionfund of Flanders - The Netherlands en the Ministery of the Flemish Community

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