16.12.23 – 21.12.23, Tillsammans

All the leaves are brown, 
and the sky is grey… 

A turbulent serenade about living together. 

In Tillsammans (after the film "Tillsammans" by Lukas Moodysson), 14 young creators/players from KASK Drama play the story of a Swedish commune from the 1970s. Elisabeth decides to become part of the politically leftist living group “Together" after she flees from her husband. The rules are simple: Pippie Longstocking is a capitalist, doing the dishes is bourgeois and porridge is a delicacy. But not everyone is happy about her arrival.

The multidisciplinary play shows that living together is anything but self-evident, yet much needed. For although the hippies are no longer relevant and the Cold War passé, the actors find parallels in our contemporary, tempestuous political climate. Could cohousing be a solution to the housing market crisis? Who are the Nixons of our time? How do you create a performance in eight weeks? How do you juxtapose 14 different opinions? How do you not fly at each other's throats? Or do you? Collectivity, conflict and a bit of communism.

Tillsammans is an exuberant site-specific project by third-year Drama students at KASK & Conservatorium guided by Camping Sunset. The playground is NTGent's city theatre. Together, they will tackle the methodology à la Sunset: choosing a play, adapting it and exploring it as much as possible on the floor in a few weeks' time. The idea behind Camping Sunset is as simple as it is radical: an actor only really learns to play by playing a lot, in front of and with an audience.

Dates

16, 18, 19, 20, 21.12.2023, 20:00

Credits 

Actors: Anaïs Maes, Anna De Graeve, Casper Schoolmeesters, Dorelia Schraven, Gudrun Moreau, Milan Mitera, Miro Lievens, Nathan Isahakyan, Pieter Van Dijk, Rinus Chaerle, Robbe Embrechts, Seppe Somers, Tembi De Koninck

Music: Robbe Embrechts 

Coaches (Camping Sunset): Carine van Bruggen, Eleonore Van Godtsenhoven, Freek De Craecker, Joeri Happel, Mitch Van Landeghem, Patricia Kargbo, Lennert Boots 

Costume: Louis Verlinde 

Light: Gilles Pollak 

Image: Ellen Soors & Karin De Vos