Phile Deprez
AUSTRALIAN
Premiere
Tim Etchells & Victoria
That Night Follows Day
A daring, no-holds barred commentary
on parent-child relations
Approached by Belgian Theatre Company Victoria to create a work performed
entirely by children for an adult audience, acclaimed director Tim Etchells has
developed a remarkable work that explores the ways in which adults determine
the worlds of their children.
The cast comprises 16 children ranging between nine and 15 years of age.
The stage is dressed as a school gym with classroom chairs scattered about.
The children walk on to a raucous soundtrack of playground noise, stack the
chairs then dutifully line up in a row – ordered and disciplined: a chorus of
young people who speak, alone and in unison, about the various ways in
which adults shape, frame and explain the world that they inhabit.
‘You feed us. You dress us. You choose clothes for us. You bathe us. You lay
down the law. You sing to us. You watch us sleep. You make us promises and
sometimes hope we will not remember them. You tell us stories you hope will
frighten us, but not too much. You try to tell us about the world. You explain to
us what love is. You explain to us the meaning of war. You whisper when you
think we can’t hear. You explain to us that night follows day.’
That Night Follows Day is based on a text written by Etchells and developed
through many workshops and conversations with the cast of children. With
great clarity and humour it examines the systems of parenthood, upbringing,
discipline, care and welfare that define the worlds of children and adolescents.
The CUB Malthouse,
Merlyn Theatre
Wed 22 – Sat 25 Oct at 8pm
1hr 10min no interval
Full
Groups (8+)
Conc
Student / MF-Y
$45
$40.50
$33.75
$25
Etchells is an artist, performance maker and writer based in the UK. He
is best known for his work with Forced Entertainment which staged Bloody
Mess as part of the 2005 Melbourne Festival.
Performed in Flemish with English surtitles.
Warning: Occasional Coarse Language
“This show is witty, unsettling and sets up a
highly charged relationship with the audience.
We give orders, we think we provide order, kids
stand to order – but it’s society in the dock.”
Financial Times (USA)
Concept, Text & Direction
Tim Etchells
Direction Assistance
Pascale Petralia
With Tessa Acar, Hannah Bailliu,
Michiel Bogaert, Spencer Bogaert,
Lina Boudry, Taja Boudry, Tristan
Claus, Amber Coone, Tineke De
Baere, Florian
De Temmerman, Yen Kaci, Lana
Lippens, Jérôme Marynissen,
Aswin Van de Cotte, Viktor Van
Wynendaele & Ineke Verhaegen
Set Design Richard Lowdon
Costume Design Ann Weckx
Lighting Design Nigel Edwards
Dutch Translation Catherine Thys
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Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
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(03) 9685 5111
www.melbournefestival.com.au
www.malthousetheatre.com.au
(Performance on Fri 24 Oct followed
by a post show Q&A)
Produced by Victoria, Gent
Co-produced by Festival
d’Automne, Paris; Les Spectacles
Vivants – Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris; Sterischer Herbst,
Graz, Productehuis, Rotterdam
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Supported by
KunstenFESTIVALdesArts Brussel;
Fierce Earth, Birmingham, Emilia
Romagna Tea