Block Box
Theun Mosk |
The festival square is the place where desires are met. A hunger for theatre and music. A craving for food and drink. A longing to meet someone. An urge to see. Or to be seen. The bustling square is a feast for all the senses. Especially in 2018.
Commissioned by Boulevard, the celebrated scenographer Theun Mosk [1980] has designed three ample installations/objects. Their name: Block Box. With these striking objects – which will also feature in 2019 and 2020 – Boulevard emphasises the weight art carries in the square: this is a place for the imagination. And for each of the spaces, a renowned theatre maker is creating a brief performance. Buy a single ticket from the central Block Box box office, or get yourself a passe-partout.
from 13.00u till 14.00u free entrance
The Block Box is made possible thanks to a contribution from Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.
Block Box - Pink Cube
Waldeinsamkeit | Benjamin Verdonck, Lucas van Haesbroeck
From a room to a black hole to an overripe piece of fruit. The Flemish theatre maker Benjamin Verdonck [1972] takes the strange leap inside his Wunderkammer, a baroque miniature in pale colours, with hatches that open and close, with light and darkness and lots and lots of cords to pull.
What about the title? Waldeinsamkeit is usually translated as ‘a deep sense of connection that one feels when alone in the woods.’ But it also refers to feeling unsafe inside a dark and unpredictable space. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
concept | uitvoering: Benjamin Verdonck en Lucas van Haesbroeck
productie: Toneelhuis, Theaterfestival Boulevard
Block Box - Yellow Prism
Solaris | Alexandra Broeder, Willemijn Zevenhuijzen
Atlantis, Shangri-La, Arcadia. But also Utopia, The Garden of Eden, Land of Plenty: there are many dream worlds besides everyday reality. Solaris is one such parallel universe. To get there, you have to step through a doorway. That’s right, that one, there. Away from the hustle and bustle in the square. Those who enter the space will connect their subconscious with the mysterious parallel reality that answers to the name Solaris. An intimate installation by theatre makers Alexandra Broeder and Willemijn Zevenhuijzen, both repeat offenders when it comes to creating confusion.
Block Box - Black Hempishere
IN CASE | United Cowboys
Dancers, bodies. Inside a closed space. Nothing scary or bad about that. Nothing to dismiss beforehand. It is a world that makes up its own rules in order to survive. A biosphere teeming with precise and close manoeuvres.
For twenty-five years United Cowboys has been an international company of pioneers. IN CASE sees its dancers/performers feeling out the space and each other. In silences, breaths, body heat and sweat. Condensation starts to form on the walls, blurring the view. Hands wipe, fingers draw. IN CASE is a moving performance, in which primary, animal actions go hand in hand with a search for classic beauty.
