Abattoir Fermé - Galapagos

Welcome to the depths of an old hotel, where the ground floor stinks and people pray out loud at night. Four guests get lost there in a hinterland of conspiracy theories and end-time scenarios, of sexual neuroses, identity crises and an excess of information. Who am I? What is "normal"? Which reality is "real"? If the CIA brainwashes people and clones and artificial intelligence are no longer science fiction, what certainties remain? At the beginning of the new millennium - long before conspiracy theorists went mainstream or 'gender' became, shall we say, a thing - Abattoir Fermé Galapagos created a piece of 'existential horror theater' that raged like a storm through the Flemish stage landscape. Almost 25 years later, Abattoir Fermé revives this poignant classic about themes that have only become more urgent since then. Galapagos takes you to "the world behind the world": a hinterland inspired by dissident scientists, conspiracy theories, artists from the counterculture, apocalyptic scenarios and the dark corners of the internet. Recognizable, disruptive, moving, hilarious and unforgettably played by two top-class actors. "An unbridled phantasm that is reminiscent of paintings by Bosch, Breughel and Ensor." - selection Theaterfestival "Abattoir Fermé signs for beauty that only makes itself known amidst the dirt and uncertainty. Between the fear and the mild perversion, like a flower on a dung heap." - De Standaard, 2004. Performers: - Stef Lernous - text, direction & image - Aaron Bruyninckx - technique - Abattoir Fermé | Kunstencentrum Nona - production - Steve Geerts & Tine Van den Wyngaert - acting - With the support of the Vlaamse Gemeenschap and city of Mechelen