Elegast, Wannes Cappelle, Jonas Leemans, Dimitri Leue and Inge Paulussen

Vraie historie ende al waer Mach ik u tellen hoorter naer So begins Karel ende Elegast and immediately it is clear that the writer wants you to believe him. He emphasizes the authenticity of the story, asks for permission to tell it, and commands you to listen. Entire essays are written about those two verses alone. In total, there are 1419 verses, enough for a Wikipedia of text analysis. “I want to know who you are, and where you are driving to at this hour, and what your father's name is. And whether you as a child ever had a bunny that pooped square droppings?” An angel gives Keizer Karel the order at night to go stealing. Thus begins the adventure of the king with the beautiful beard. An edifying story about loyalty, trust, and honorable behavior. Wannes Capelle, Jonas Leemans, Dimitri Leue, and Inge Paulussen pump new blood into the medieval version. Na Van den vos die amoc maecte, Leue tackles a second text from the Canon to feel how words can connect you with people from eight hundred years ago and at the same time with people from Ypres to Tongeren. The commonality shatters distance and time. cast Wannes Capelle, Jonas Leemans, Dimitri Leue, and Inge Paulussen - text & direction Dimitri Leue - music Antoon Offeciers, Antoon composes music not too loud, but lute enough. - costumes Atelier Utilisé - Lynn Wauters, Lynn pushes chainmail under her sewing machine, until the wire makes her suffocate - decor Antoine Waterkeyn, Antoine makes the whole theater image artistically tilt - technique Sonista - © photo Peter Claeys - realized with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government via Flanders Tax Shelter and CC De Klap Deurne - a production of Leue vzw