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production Toneelhuis (BE) & ro theater (NL)<br />

directed by Guy Cassiers<br />

with Dirk Roofthooft<br />

after the novel by<br />

set, video,<br />

Jeroen Brouwers<br />

and lighting design by Peter Missotten<br />

sound design by Diederik De Cock<br />

video realisation by Arjen Klerkx<br />

adapted by Corien Baart<br />

Guy Cassiers<br />

Dirk Roofthooft<br />

dramaturgy Corien Baart<br />

Erwin Jans<br />

costumes by Katelijne Damen<br />

running time 1h30<br />

<strong>per</strong>formed in English with surtitles Polish<br />

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Sunken Red<br />

produkcja Toneelhuis (BE) & ro theater (NL)<br />

reżyseria Guy Cassiers<br />

oraz Dirk Roofthooft<br />

według powieści<br />

scenografia,<br />

Jeroen Brouwers<br />

wideo i światło Peter Missotten<br />

Dżwięk Diederik De Cock<br />

wideo Arjen Klerkx<br />

adaptacja Corien Baart<br />

Guy Cassiers<br />

Dirk Roofthooft<br />

dramaturgia Corien Baart<br />

Erwin Jans<br />

kostiumy Katelijne Damen<br />

czas trwania 1h30<br />

spektakl w języku polskim z napisami w języku angielskim<br />

Sunken Red is a lamentation for a deceased mother and a recollection of the Japanese prison camps of the Second World War, based on the<br />

novel Bezonken rood by the Dutch author Jeroen Brouwers. Guy Cassiers: “In Sunken Red I shape the inner world of a tormented writer traumatized<br />

by his ex<strong>per</strong>iences in a Japanese concentration camp, where he, as a ch<strong>il</strong>d, was imprisoned with his mother. I examine how a highly<br />

<strong>per</strong>sonal and w<strong>il</strong>ful universe develops from that ex<strong>per</strong>ience. The writer is saying good-bye to his mother, but the story could also be viewed as<br />

his way of coming to terms with her; however, it is done in a way that is both deeply moving and an homage to her. It was not my intention to<br />

show a writer behind his desk on a stage. The setting is a sort of dark room, bathed in red light, where images from the past are displayed. The<br />

images come out of the dark, the ‘non-light’. It is a metaphor for the work of the writer and the artist in general. In the novel, the man looks at<br />

himself and his reflection looks back. The five cameras observing the man from every angle depict theatrically what the words do in the book:<br />

as a result of ruthless self-analysis a self-portrait emerges of someone who is falling apart. The viewer enters into his intimate world through<br />

cameras equipped with telephoto lenses. Sound techniques make it possible to hear even a whis<strong>per</strong> from actor Dirk Roofthooft. Technology<br />

enables me to create greater subtlety and intimacy.”<br />

© Pan Sok

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