The art of entertainment — international version
© Maarten Vanden Abeele

Opening night 
Akademietheater (Burgtheater), Vienne 
5 March 2011 

Text, direction, set 
Jan Lauwers 

With 
Grace Ellen Barkey, Misha Downey, Julien Faure,Yumiko Funaya, Benoît Gob, Viviane De Muynck, Dirk Roofthooft and Eléonore Valère/Inge van Bruystegem. 

Music 
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Maarten Seghers, 
Jan Lauwers, Nicolas Field 

Costumes 
Lot Lemm 

A Production by Needcompany and Burgtheater (Vienna) 

With the support of the Flemish authorities.

The art of entertainment is a black comedy about a famous actor, who decides to bring his life to an end because he feels that his memory, where the soul resides, is slowly breaking down. He is invited to kill himself in a reality show – ‘The art of entertainment’ – that has a huge number of viewers worldwide. It is a cookery programme where a celebrated French chef prepares a final meal for the suicide. 

In a confrontation with his great love, the woman with whom he has made love more than a thousand times, Dr Joy, the embittered doctor without borders, and of course the world-famous host of the programme, an aging stand-up comedian now past her prime, a conversation starts on the decadence of the Occident. The actor delivers a tirade on the loss of his ability to practice his profession: acting.

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Opening night 
Akademietheater (Burgtheater), Vienne 
5 March 2011 

Text, direction, set 
Jan Lauwers 

With 
Grace Ellen Barkey, Misha Downey, Julien Faure,Yumiko Funaya, Benoît Gob, Viviane De Muynck, Dirk Roofthooft and Eléonore Valère/Inge van Bruystegem. 

Music 
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Maarten Seghers, 
Jan Lauwers, Nicolas Field 

Costumes 
Lot Lemm 

A Production by Needcompany and Burgtheater (Vienna) 

With the support of the Flemish authorities.

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May 2011
21 MayBarcelona ESTeatre Lliure / Grec festival
22 MayBarcelona ESTeatre Lliure / Grec festival
August 2011
18 AugHamburg DEInternationales Sommerfestival Hamburg
19 AugHamburg DEInternationales Sommerfestival Hamburg
20 AugHamburg DEInternationales Sommerfestival Hamburg
September 2011
15 SepBrussels BEKaaitheater
16 SepBrussels BEKaaitheater
17 SepBrussels BEKaaitheater
18 SepBrussels BEKaaitheater
October 2011
19 OctMoscow RUInternational Stanislavsky Foundation
20 OctMoscow RUInternational Stanislavsky Foundation
November 2011
24 NovRotterdam NLRotterdamse Schouwburg
December 2011
15 DecGhent BEKunstencentrum Vooruit
16 DecGhent BEKunstencentrum Vooruit
20 DecGhent BEKunstencentrum Vooruit
April 2012
11 AprEspoo FIEspoo City Theatre
12 AprEspoo FIEspoo City Theatre
13 AprEspoo FIEspoo City Theatre
14 AprEspoo FIEspoo City Theatre
May 2012
23 MayAntwerp BEdeSingel
24 MayAntwerp BEdeSingel
25 MayAntwerp BEdeSingel
September 2012
22 SepTurnhout BEde Warande
October 2012
16 OctVilleneuve d'Ascq FRLa Rose des Vents
17 OctVilleneuve d'Ascq FRLa Rose des Vents
18 OctVilleneuve d'Ascq FRLa Rose des Vents
19 OctVilleneuve d'Ascq FRLa Rose des Vents
November 2012
09 NovAalst BECC De Werf - Aalst
January 2013
08 JanBruges BECC Brugge
09 JanLeuven BESTUK Kunstencentrum vzw
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