Dries Verhoeven at Baltic Circle 2014
09 November 2014 until 16 November 2014
by: Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival
In Ceci n'est pas..., Dries Verhoeven will put eight contemporary exceptions to the rule on show. Every day, in a small glass box in the city centre, a different scene will be shown; images we do not generally encounter in public spaces. People are arrayed behind soundproof glass like rare relics. These images, quite out of the ordinary, unveil our collective unease. In this way, Dries hopes to unleash a discussion with casual passers-by about contemporary controversies.
Ceci n'est pas... was developed within the context of "Second Cities - Performing Cities" and premiered in may 2013 at SPRING Festival in Utrecht (NL). Ceci n’est pas... has been shown in Mülheim (DE), Strasbourg (FR), Poitiers (FR), Krems (AT), Basel (CH), Lausanne (CH), and Hamburg (DE).
Dries Verhoeven's work is best known for site-specific or location-based theatre and installations where the spectator is involved in a dynamic relationship to the performer. His work is highly distinctive in combining unusual, visually poetic, theatrical experiences with a critical view of contemporary cultural norms and society. Recent projects are co-produced with both museums and international festivals across Europe.
9–16 November 2014
Lasipalatsi square, Helsinki, Finland
About the festival
Baltic Circle is an International Contemporary Theatre Festival organized every November in different performance specific venues in Helsinki. Baltic Circle brings contemporary international performances to Finland and presents the new talents of Finnish contemporary theatre. Next festival will take place from the 9th to the 16th of November 2014. Programme will be announced September 10th.
Find out more at balticcircle.fi
grant:
productions
SPAfrica (Julian Hetzel & Ntando Cele)
productions
ConTempo Festival (Kaunas, Lithuania)
international programmes
Professionals' programme playwriting festival Shakespeare is Dead
international programmes
Dutch (music) theatre and dance at Festival MOMIX
international programmes