Tine van Aerschot

In 2009 actress Tracy Wright was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Even so she decided to continue working for as long as she could and set off on an adventure with Tine Van Aerschot that they called ›We are not afraid of the dark‹.This performance is the result of many conversations about different forms of fear, combined with literary examples of surviving in inhospitable circumstances. The performance is not about Tracy’s cancer, her illness or her death; rather it is an exercise in survival. ›We are not afraid of the dark‹ is a monologue for one performer, American Diane Gaidry, and two ghosts, the pre-recorded voices of Claire Marshall (Forced Entertainment) and Don McKellar (director, actor, author and Tracy Wright’s husband).

Concept, text and direction: Tine Van AerschotInspiration and co-thinker: Tracy Wright (1959-2010)Performed by: Diane GaidryGhost #1 Claire MarshallGhost #2 Don McKellarLighting design and technical coordination: Luc Schaltin (Kaaitheater)

Production: Palindroom vzwCo-producers: Kaaitheater (Brussels), Vooruit (Ghent), Mousonturm (Frankfurt), PACT Zollverein (Essen)Supported by: the Flemish Governement and the Flemish Community Commission

Touring

18.05.2014, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (CA)17.05.2014, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (CA)16.05.2014, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (CA)15.05.2014, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (CA)14.05.2014, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (CA)05.12.2012, Mousonturm, Frankfurt (DE)04.12.2012, Mousonturm, Frankfurt (DE)09.05.2012, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)08.05.2012, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)31.03.2012, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)30.03.2012, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)29.03.2012, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)28.03.2012, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)24.03.2012, Monty, Antwerpen (BE)23.03.2012, Monty, Antwerpen (BE)17.03.2012, Vooruit, Gent (BE)16.03.2012, Vooruit, Gent (BE)03.03.2012, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)02.03.2012, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)01.03.2012, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)