LIV
The story.
Verona, 23, plays Liv, 15. Liv is in third grade, has red hair and freckles, has never kissed, has never had sex, has cancer and a 50 percent chance of survival, and is in love with Bart.
Bert, 29, plays Bart Pieter Pierre Jean-Pierre Piet Patrick Patrick Junior (Bart to friends), 17. Bart is in fourth grade, has been held back once, has kissed a lot, has had sex three times and is in love with Ruby.
Ine, 27, plays Ruby, 16. Ruby is in fourth grade, is Liv's sister and doesn't know if she's in love with Bart, doesn't know if she Überhaubt ever wants to kiss, let alone have sex, because that's dirty.
LIV is the story of Liv, Bart and Ruby, three searching adolescents. Their world is turned completely upside down by the disease of LIV, but oddly enough, it provides a huge boost in life and helps them find who they are.
LIV is the story about Guns 'N Roses, about New Yorkers from den Aldi, about cracks in your pants, about air guitar and lip sync, about that of math, about embarrassing parents, about fear and sadness, but most of all about living, living rock hard, at 120km/h that the pieces fly off.
LIV is a whirlwind, funny, but at times sensitive performance about growing up in a big world, finding your way and finding your destiny.
A performance for adolescents and anyone who has ever been an adolescent!
Creative info.
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Concept, text, direction: Michai Geyzen and Stijn Van de Wiel
Play: Verona Verbakel, Ine Bettens and Bert Dobbelaere
Decor: Laura Wallrafen
Costume: Laura Wallrafen
Technology: Thomas Stevens
Production: Chloe De Vos
Communication: Dirk Van Der Velden
Image: Charlotte Wouters
Photo: Dries Segers
Co-production: HETGEVOLG (Turnhout), Arenbergschouwburg (Antwerp), ViaZuid (Maastricht) -
Liv
Bart
Ruby
Additional
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The Mannschaft is the common, creative denominator of Stijn Van de Wiel and Michai Geyzen. Both Kempen sons have been friends for years and their paths in theater have crossed several times. Their shared fascination with the social edge and the abyss greatly fueled the need to start a company. As creators and as human beings, they are fascinated by individuals who ended up at the edge of society or beyond. Individuals who were disowned, who chose to sit on this edge themselves or do so because they think they should.
The fact that De Mannschaft takes its name from the call sign of the German soccer team is not purely coincidental. The Germans stand for commitment, fighting spirit, team spirit, order, structure, structure, structure and structure. It is almost a machine. A machine that we question. How far can order and structure be pushed before people drop out, are put on the reserve bench, with the only option of toiling from morning to night in the hope of one day regaining a starting place, becoming an indispensable and recognized part of this machine, of our society?
