MARX - Stefaan Van Brabandt & Johan Heldenbergh

“Philosophers have only interpreted the world differently; it is now a matter of also changing it!” After the widely acclaimed theater monologue SOCRATES (played by Bruno Vanden Broecke), theater maker and philosopher Stefaan Van Brabandt (known from De Koe and Het Voordeel of the Twijfel on Canvas) made the long-awaited successor in his series of philosopher monologues: MARX, played by none other than Johan Heldenbergh (The Broken Circle Breakdown, MASSIS, De Helaasheid of things, Le Tout Nouveau Testament, The Zookeeper’s Wife). One of our greatest actors crawls into the skin of one of the greatest philosophers. A great and unique combination. No philosopher has left a bigger stamp on world history than the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx, who counts as the most important thinker of socialism and communism. And no philosopher has sown so much division. Depending on how his words were interpreted, he has been cursed and worshipped, spat out and carried on hands. He was considered an idol and a liberator, but his good intentions have also paved the way to hell: millions of people were killed in the name of ‘Marxist liberation’. In the theater monologue MARX, one of the most influential thinkers in history looks back on his eventful life and thinking. Where was Marx mistaken? And where was he proven right? In what respect is his philosophy still relevant and liberating today? In times of uncertainty and growing inequality, the theater monologue MARX is a confronting, critical, and glowing plea for freedom and human dignity.