Het nieuwstedelijk - Immaculata

A sunny weekday morning. During the lunch break, two students take weapons out of their schoolbags and wreak havoc in the school library and the cafeteria. Immaculata follows the story of four young people during the last night (and morning) of their lives. They talk about young happiness. Or unhappiness. About joyful expectations. Or the lack thereof. But in the background, the approaching footsteps of armed fellow students, who are on their way to abruptly put an end to all that wonder about this life, are ever-present. This rhythmic text from 2004 is based on documentary material from the high school shootings in Columbine and Erfurt. Fast forward to now: in our times of online hate and radicalization, 1 in 3 suspects in Belgian terror files involving violence turns out to be a minor. Disturbing. Twenty years after the original performance, we are re-examining the text with a new generation of young actors, musicians, and audience. "It is impressive how so many images can be evoked, with such striking sobriety of means and style. That is really powerful stuff." — Pol Arias, Radio 1 Text: Stijn Devillé & Adriaan Van Aken Regie: Sara Vertongen Dramaturgie: Els Theunis Muziekregie: Ephraïm Cielen Spel: Mathisse De Sutter, Lena Devillé, Omar Ouali and Polly Zuydwijk Muziek: Jip Arickx & Frauke Van Havermaet Scenografie: Christophe Aussems Kostuums: Joëlle Meerbergen Assistent dramaturgy: Jenske Eeckhout Deze production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian federal government and Gallop Tax shelter