Kerff - Compagnie Cecilia

Welcome to café Champs Elysees. Your waiter on duty is Marcel Kerff, the two regular customers are musicians Ben and Ben who are waiting. What they are waiting for becomes surprisingly clear at the end of the performance. Marcel Kerff. Butcher's son from the Voer region but above all a cyclist at the end of the 19th century. His life story reads like an adventure novel. Unbelievable and yet everything is true. Sebastien Dewaele cycles mischievously through it and we hang on his lips. Along the first bicycle against the wall of mister the doctor, via the first kermis races to the Tour de France and the castle where he worked for years as a butler to end with a mistake that he paid for with his death. A striking portrait of a folk figure full of humor and tragedy. Absolutely also for non-cycling fans! In collaboration with KOERS. Museum of the Wielersport Roeselare Van and with: Sebastien Dewaele - By and without: Daan Borloo - Live music: Ben Van Camp and Ben Brunin - Set: Anton Leysen - Promo image: Kaat Pype - Scene photos: Kurt Van der Elst - Costumes: Marij De Brabandere - Light and sound design: Jannes Dierynck, Marjolien Cuypers and Saul Mombaerts - Production: Compagnie Cecilia vzw - Co-production: Perpodium - With the support of: the Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Stad Gent and the Tax Shelter-measure of the Belgische Federale Overheid via Cronos Invest - With thanks to: KOERS. Museum of Cycling – Roeselare and Optiek Matthijs Gent