Jan Lauwers & Needcompany

Following ›The Lobster Shop‹, Jan Lauwers & Needcompany return once again to PACT Zollverein with ›The Deer House‹ which successfully premiered in 2008 at the Festspiele in Salzburg. Motive and impulse behind the piece was the news of the tragic death of the brother of performer Tijen Lawton: Kerem Lawton was shot while working as a war photographer in Kosovo. The piece begins with the discovery of a fictive diary in which he tells his story. ›The Deer House‹ shifts between fairytale and tragedy, between reality and fiction: dark, gloomy and surreal, but also ironic and full of hope, Jan Lauwers & Needcompany grapple with war, death and the speechless grief of the living.

Premiere: 28.07.2008 Salzburger Festspiele
Text, directing, set design: Jan Lauwers
Music: Hans Petter Dahl, Maarten Seghers, ›Song for the Deer House‹ : Jan LauwersWith: Grace Ellen Barkey, Anneke Bonnema, Hans Petter Dahl, Viviane De Muynck, Misha Downey, Julien Faure, Yumiko Funaya, Benoît Gob, Tijen Lawton, Maarten Seghers, Inge Van Bruystegem
Choreography: The Company
Costumes: Lot Lemm
Light: Ken Hioco, Koen RaesSound Design: Dré Schneider
Production manager: Luc GalleAssistant to the director: Elke Janssens

Production: Needcompany and Salzburger Festspiele
Co-production: Schauspielhaus Zürich, PACT Zollverein (Essen)Performance rights held by S.Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M.With the collaboration of deSingel (Antwerp), Kaaitheater (Brussels)With the support of the Flemish authoritiesThis performance is supported by
Kunststiftung NRW

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