Five Easy Pieces probes the limits of what children know, feel, and do. Purely aesthetic and theatrical questions blend together with moral issues: How can children understand the real significance of narrative, empathy, loss, subjection, old age, disappointment, or rebellion? How do we react if we see them acting out scenes of violence or love and romance? In particular, what does that say about our own fears and desires? This makes for a confrontational experience.
Concept, text & direction: Milo Rau
Text & performance: Rachel Dedain, Maurice Leerman, Pepijn Loobuyck, Willem Loobuyck, Polly Persyn, Peter Seynaeve, Elle Liza Tayou & Winne Vanacker
Performance film: Sara De Bosschere, Pieter-Jan De Wyngaert, Johan Leysen, Peter Seynaeve, Jan Steen, Ans Van den Eede, Hendrik Van Doorn & Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse
Dramaturgy: Stefan Bläske
Direction assistant & performance coach: Peter Seynaeve
Research: Mirjam Knapp & Dries Douibi
Set & costume design: Anton Lukas
Video & sound design: Sam Verhaert
Child care & production assistant: Ted Oonk
Music coach: Herlinde Ghekiere
Articulation coach: Françoise Vanhecke
Realisation scenography: Ian Kesteleyn
Technical: Bart Huybrechts, Korneel Coessens & Piet Depoortere
Second camera: Alexander Van Waes
Sound video: Henk Rabau
Production management: Wim Clapdorp, Mascha Euchner-Martinez & Eva-Karen Tittmann
Tour management: Leen De Broe
Sales management: Marijke Vandersmissen
Production: CAMPO & IIPM
Co-produced by: Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels 2016, Münchner Kammerspiele, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallee Zürich, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), SICK! Festival UK, Sophiensaele Berlin & Le phénix scène nationale Valenciennes pôle européen de création
Executive production: CAMPO
IIPM is funded by Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin – Senatskanzlei – Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Pro Helvetia and GGG Basel.
CAMPO is supported by The Flemish Government, The Province of East Flanders & The City of Ghent
