&Fest – Focus Gent: Funeral | 22.

Theatrical ritual

English 16+

A collective ritual about the finiteness of things

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Production
Ontroerend Goed
Venue
&&Louhi
Services and how to get there
Duration
1 h 15 mins, no intermission
Language
English
Surtitles
No surtitling
Warnings
Incense is burned during the performance. Age recommendation 16+.

About

It shall start, in the dark. We will greet each other, and we will say goodbye. There will be singing and pretending. There will be light and room for darkness. We’ll light candles, we will eat and drink and celebrate our lives. And all of that will end. Welcome.

Funeral is an immersive ceremony where artists join forces with the audience to create a collective ritual in a theatre space wrapped in drapes and curtains. A ritual for life, farewells, and the inevitability of finiteness. The performance evolves from a question: how would a funeral, and all other life's rituals, look like if we could reimagine them, without religion, tradition, or convention? Here, beliefs, religion, or background are immaterial - come as you are, and create your own ritual.

“I don't believe in God, but I miss him.” - Nothing to be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes

&Fest – Focus Gent is supported by the City of Gent, Flanders State of the Art and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.

Working group

Director	Alexander Devriendt
Performers	Karolien De Bleser, David Roos, Chris Thys, Somalia Williamson, Prince K. Appiah
Music	Joris Blanckaert
Costume design	Element (Katrien Baetsle ja Eline Willemarck), Charlotte Goethals
Light design	Sarah Feyen
Technicians (creation)	Sarah Feyen, Lucas Van de Voorde, Pepijn Mesure
Technicians (tour)	Jeroen Wuyts, Nick Dekeyser, Tuur Decoene
Set building	Sam Declercq
Props	Angelo Tijssens
Graphics	Nick Mattan
Research / assistant	Remi Cosijn
Photography	Dries Segers, Ans Brys
Production	Ontroerend Goed
Yhteistuotanto	DE SINGEL INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTRE (BE), VIERNULVIER (BE), LOD Muziektheater (BE), le MAIF Social Club, Paris (FR), La Rose des Vents, Villeneuve d'Ascq (FR), Perpodium (BE)
Supporters	Made with the support of the Flemish Government and The City of Ghent. This show was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure from the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest.

Pricing

Regular28 €
Ticket bundle 4+26 €
Pensioner25 €
Group ticket 20+25 €
Student, unemployed18 €
Festival passes from &&'s box office, starting from54 €

22.3. at 20.15 MEET THE ARTISTS

You are invited to come and meet the artists for an informal Q&A and friendly chats, straight after the performance.

Language: English

23.3. at 13 and 17 DREAM FUNERAL COFFEES

We will enjoy cake and coffee with an accompaniment of idiosyncratic eulogies to departed things both big and small. The atmosphere may be described as unusual yet gentle, if at times a touch frenzied. The performance is exclusively created for the &FEST – FOCUS GENT festival. It works equally well as a warmup, or a cool down, for Funeral, and it may also be enjoyed as a freestanding performance. Tickets 19 €.

Language: Finnish

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&&Fest – Focus Gent

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Light design

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Set building

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