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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: Alma Rio Cromstege, 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

o.l.v. Camping Sunset
i.c.w. NTGent
NTGent Schouwburg
Sint-Baafsplein 10
9000 Gent