Thursday, July 28, 2011

Blood & Roses. The Song of Joan and Gilles. Festival d'Avignon.


Magnificent. Flemish talent at the Festival d'Avignon. Blood and Roses, a theather show directed by Guy Cassiers, and written by Tom Lanoye. Great performance by Johan Leysen as Gilles de Rais.

director: Guy Cassiers
text: Tom Lanoye
dramaturg: Erwin Jans
music: Dominique Pauwels
scenography: Guy Cassiers, Enrico Bagnoli, Ief Spincemaille vidéo Ief Spincemaille
lighting: Enrico Bagnoli
sound: Diederik De Cock
costumes: Tim Van Steenbergen
direction and musical repetition: Frank Agsteribbe

with Katelijne Damen, Stefaan Degand, Abke Haring, Han Kerckhoffs, Johan Leysen, Johan Van Assche, Jos Verbist
and Collegium Vocale Gent singers Sylvia Broeckaert, João Cabral, Jonathan De Ceuster, Emilie De Voght, Stefan Drexlmeier, Joachim Höchbauer, Vincent Lesage, Katherine Nicholson, Louise Wayman.