Ersan Mondtag / NTGent

De Living / The Living Room

  • Theatre
approx. 80 min
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“De Living” (“The Living Room”) is about the last hour in a person’s life. The performance begins with a woman coming home and ends with her suicide. Or the other way around? Can we also narrate this last hour backwards, bringing the woman back to life? The spectators can only speculate about the protagonist’s past and the reasons for her death. For the first time HAU is co-producing a new work by Ersan Mondtag, which premieres at NTGent.

Cast

Direction: Ersan Mondtag / Cast: Doris Bokongo Nkumu, Nathalie Bokongo Nkumu / Dramaturgy: Eva-Maria Bertschy / Scientific consulting: Prof. Benigna Gerisch / Composer & Sound design: Gerrit Netzlaff / Radio voice: Simon Turner / Set & costume design: Ersan Mondtag / Acting coach: Oscar Van Rompay / Movements coach: Stella Höttler / Set & costume design: Dennis Diels / Directing Assistant: Liesbeth Standaert / Production manager: Sebastiaan Peeters / Technical production & stage manager: Oliver Houttekiet / Sound: Raf Willems, Bart Meeusen / Light: Eva Dermul / Set planning: Tony Morawe, Joris Soenen / Set constuction & props: Thierry Dhondt, Flup Beys, Pierre Keulemans, Freddy Schoonackers, Michiel Moors / Set painting: Luc Goedertier, Joris Soenen, Eva Devriendt, Kachiri Faes / Costume realization: An De Mol, Isabelle Stepman, Mieke Van der Cruyssen

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Dates

Past
  • German premiere
    Tue 11.6.2019, 20:00 / HAU2
  • Wed 12.6.2019, 20:00 / HAU2
  • Thu 13.6.2019, 20:00 / HAU2

Credits

Production: NTGent. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), La Villette (Paris), Theaterfestival Boulevard (’s Hertogenbosch).

This performance was realised with support of the Belgian Tax Shelter.

Location

HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.

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