The Tip of the Tongue
Pieter De Buysser / ROBIN
May 2017
A philanthropist endowed with immense faith in progress and a speech defect undertakes to build a spacecraft. The story traverses a pronounced curve in space-time, a little girl tired of the Messiah and a lost detective who no one is looking for anymore. A portable particle accelerator, whirlpools in the China Sea, a dozen nebulous spirals and a majestic black hole gradually increase the tension… Because, fabulous as they might be, all the elements in this planetary show are inspired by today’s political and scientific reality.
The Tip of the Tongue is an exploration of borders for nationalists, a local geography lesson for cosmopolitans and a cosmology lecture for pioneers of a new image of the world.
Text, direction and performance: Pieter De Buysser
Scenography: Herman Sorgeloos
Full dome video: Elias Heuninck
Scientific advice: Kurt Vanhoutte (University Antwerp)
Dramaturgy: Esther Severi
Sound: Yoerik Roevens
Translation English: Jodie Hruby
Translation French: Anne Vanderschueren
Subtitles: Marie Trincaretto
Assistance subtitles/video: Jonas Beerts
Financial advice: Roger Christmann
Production: ROBIN
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels (B), Kaaitheater Brussels (B), Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (DE), Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Paris (FR), Archa Theatre Prague (CZ), House on Fire
With the support of: the Flemish Government, The Flemish Community in Brussels, PARS (Performing Astronomy Research Society, F) and the French Ministry for Culture and Communication
Thanks to: Laboratorium & Herculeslab of KASK / School of Arts of University College Ghent (B), Sophie D'Hoore and Sarah Vanagt
Video by Beeldstorm
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