In Gruis / aan de twijfel Sita dreams of writing a children’s book, starring Little Bear Bombazine. But in truth only a few short verses have made the page. Troubles in the lives of her daughter Pearl and her husband Clemens keep her away from the typewriter. She drowns herself in a sea of voices of her motley neighbours, her own thoughts and the radio that incessantly continues to play in the background.

Werktoneel welcomes us to the nihilistic universe of author Willem Frederik Hermans, populated with characters who together try to make sense of everyday banality, of reality that has become a barely comprehensible chaos. As an antidote to reason, they make the madness palpable and show that the world can only be understood from a manic state of mind. Supported by a soundscape based on the vain radio shows that fill the airwaves at lonely hours, Gruis / aan de twijfel forms an antidote to our self-proclaimed transparent and positive society, offering a critique of our desperate optimism about progress. (text: Kaatje de Geest)

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performance & creation: Louise Bergez, Joeri Happel, Lucie Plasschaert, Lucas Van der Vegt

direction & concept: Jesse Vandamme

dramaturgy: Kaatje De Geest

light design: Dennis Diels

sound design & music: Laurens Mannaerts

production manager: Jeroen Vanluyten

technical production manager: Chris Vanneste

advice: Laurens Aneca

production: NTGent

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