Showcase, Ellis Meeusen, Steven Beersmans, Els Olaerts and Idalie Samad

Against the background of an impending bankruptcy due to the arrival of a large book chain, a small independent bookstore offers a refuge to young people with a reading list, those lost in life and love, and a writer with writer’s block. Vitrine is a performance about steadfastness and comfort and about how the power of literature can be greater than you think. What if all our lives are being written right now? Vitrine is a romantic theater comedy and a plea for the book trade. text Steven Beersmans and Ellis Meeusen - acting Els Olaerts, Steven Beersmans, Ellis Meeusen and Idalie Samad - image Sander Salden - with thanks to Lieke Oolders, Nico Boon, Aline Nuyens, Bram Kelchtermans, Bart Bogaert, Sabien Van Herzele & Fernand speelt vzw, Boekarest Leuven, Flemish-Dutch house deBuren - with support from cc De Steiger/Menen, deAuteurs and Stad Leuven