PARTY TIME - Toon Acke, Kes Bakker & Anna De Graeve

In a country that is on the verge of a civil war, an exclusive and influential group gathers during a party. While the streets are on fire, inside, people are chatting, laughing, and eating comfortably. It’s party time!\nOn one side, a revolution that is about to happen, on the other side, concerns about membership in an exclusive tennis club. But while waiting for the other guests, a hypocritical battle unfolds between those present that revolves around status, recognition, and power. A party on the edge of the abyss.\nNa Housewarming (CC de Werft, 2025) the trio Toon Acke, Kes Bakker, and Anna De Graeve work together again. For their new production, they start from the one-act play Party Time (1991) by Harold Pinter and the non-fiction book Het uur van de wolven (The Hour of the Wolves) (2025) by Giuliano da Empoli, and they write a new text. In this way, they connect classical repertoire with the world of today.\nPARTY TIME will be a biting satire that asks whether (political) power always corrupts. Can idealism survive within an economic system that is structurally built on self-interest? Is there also room for doubt and vulnerability within that power? Muzikant Engel Peet creates a sizzling and alienating sound score for the performance.\nPARTY TIME is a dangerously current and sensually stimulating performance by a new generation of theater makers.\nThis performance is part of the JNG WRK bundle, where we offer you young makers or new faces.\nWe offer this bundle at a super advantageous price.\nDiscover it here.