19.11.25 – 22.11.25, Dialogen uit De Meester en Margarita, Drama project led by Timeau De Keyser and Hans Mortelmans

“Als God niet bestaat, blijft toch altijd de vraag bestaan wie dan wél het menselijke bedrijf bestiert, alsmede de gehele op deze aarde bestaande orde.”

When Woland and his grotesque entourage, including a giant talking cat and an eccentric witch, descend on atheistic 1930s Moscow, the city is turned upside down. While Moscow's literary elite panics, a story unfolds that transcends the boundaries of time, reality and humanity.

The Master is imprisoned for his novel about Pontius Pilate, and his beloved does everything in her power to save him and his novel.

Pontius Pilate and Jesus meet before Jesus' execution. Will Pilate intervene, and how long will his conscience haunt him?

In The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov presents an eclectic parade of characters who reject all authority and all forms of control, especially that of reason. Dialogues from The Master and Margarita is an adaptation and selection from Bulgakov's novel, directed by Timeau De Keyser and Hans Mortelmans in collaboration with third-year students from KASK Drama.

As has become customary¹ : buckle up, pour yourself a good glass of vodka, bring your Communist Manifesto and your Bible, sit back and enjoy this magical, biblical, Russian adventure.

Dutch spoken.

Credits

• Cast: Mathisse De Sutter, Lotus Friede, Winand Keymis, Anouk Lacroix, Bjarne Liveyns, Giel Luyten, Mina Maréchal, Anton Rys, Pepijn Vermeulen and Frieda Vranken
• Coaching/Direction: Timeau De Keyser and Hans Mortelmans
• Text: The Master and Margarita (1940), Mikhail Bulgakov, translated to Dutch by Marko Fondse and Aai Prins, selected and adapted by Timeau De Keyser and Hans Mortelmans
• Poster image: Bjarne Liveyns
• Image of tram: Van den Bossche, P. 2011, Gent tram to Moscou
• Thanks to: KASK Drama, Minard, Simon De Winne, Bardia Mohammad

¹ See De Kersentuin