Cinema, Podium en
Werkplek in Kortrijk

Tibau Beirnaert en Laurens Aneca (BE)

CHRONIC

Theater, performance
Antigone
Duration: 1 hour
In English, surtitled in Dutch

as part of a new festival in collaboration with Antigone & Schouwburg Kortrijk

CUBO

Contemporary masculinity training programmes, survival retreats and ‘wildman’ brotherhoods promise renewal through discipline, hierarchy and toughness. They draw on the chivalric ideal: men as warriors who must prove themselves and control their emotions.

In CHRONIC, a character enters a commune inspired by Arthur’s Round Table. Jousting, sword fighting and wearing armour initially appear to be part of that same ritual of hardening. But what if these rituals could mean something completely different? Instead of being toughened up, the initiation is dismantled and reassembled, according to laws that lie outside the ordinary world.

What begins as a chivalric quest thus becomes an exploration of bodily care and control. How close are the two?

Tibau Beirnaert and Laurens Aneca met whilst studying at the KASK & Conservatoire in Ghent, where they were both enrolled on the Drama course. Their shared interest in queerness lies at the heart of their artistic collaboration. Tibau takes on the role of creator and performer, whilst Laurens acts as director.

Tibau and Laurens’ collective imagination is strongly influenced by fantasy and science fiction, which serve as a window through which they view the world around them. Within these genres, they are exploring worlds steeped in an unprecedented diversity of laws and customs, which often differ radically from everyday reality. These explorations go hand in hand with a deep-rooted longing for the strange, the eccentric, the wondrously bizarre and the future.

Play dates

Een voorstelling van Tibau Beirnaert en Laurens Aneca — detheatermaker Concept Tibau Beirnaert, Laurens Aneca Spel en choreografie Tibau Beirnaert, Milan Mitera Regie Laurens Aneca Visual design en projecties Loes Vanneste Kostuum Tobias van Nieuwenhove Muziek Seppe Vande Veire Licht Kato Ooms 360° scenografie Spacemakers Outside eye Seppe Decubber, Kopano Maroga Props/pruiken Tibau Beirnaert Productie detheatermaker Coproductie Monty, KAAP, PLAN Broedplaats ’s-Hertogenbosch, Perpodium, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond Met de steun van deAuteurs, Antigone, LaGeste, CAMPO, BUDA, Cement festival

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