Before/After
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27 nov20:00 - 21:45TR25 Schouwburg, RotterdamGrote zaal
Before/After is the latest production from NITE, and takes an up-close and personal look into the finer detail behind the everyday lives of ordinary people.
Few people’s lives are at all grand or compelling, but that makes them no less interesting. Before/After is a magical/realistic montage piece where various people’s life stories intertwine. The result is an overwhelming visual spectacle sure to resonate for a long time to come.
Before/After begins in an elderly woman’s bathroom (Bien de Moor). Familiar memories of an unimpressive life slowly permeate the space. And are these memories still her own, or is she just as vividly portraying the memories of others?
An ensemble of 35 dancers, actors and musicians brings a stream of consciousness to life in a cinematic setting, revealing the moments before and after an event. What if life had turned out differently? The universe of short, familiar stories from Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play Vorher/Nachher takes on concrete form under the direction of Guy Weizman. Live on stage, a film is created which literally zooms in on the body and life of an older woman.
NITE is a collaboration between Noord Nederlands Toneel, Club Guy & Roni, Asko | Schönberg en Slagwerk Den Haag.
Team
regie Guy Weizman tekst Roland Schimmelpfenning choreografie Roni Haver acteurs en dansers Bien de Moor, Adam Peterson, Sarah Janneh, Igor Podsiadly, Sofiko Nachkebiya, Olaf Ait Tami, Joost Bolt, Dionne Verwey, Rosie Reith decor Ascon de Nijs kostuums Maison the Faux licht Maarten van Rossem Vertaling Tom Kleijn componist Luke Deane (compositie tot stand gekomen met hulp van Fonds Podiumkunsten)
muziek Asko|Schöberg: Daan van Koppen, Wilco Oomkes, Berber Heerema, Joost Geevers, Chloë Abbott, Vitaly Medvedev
Slagwerk Den Haag: Reggy van Bakel