Theater show 'Elegast' - Wannes Cappelle, Inge Paulussen, Jonas Leemans & Dimitri Leue

“True history and all true May I tell you, listen now” 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 permission to tell, 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. Een Vlaamse classic full of food for thought gets new life! “I want to know who you are, and where you are riding to at this hour, and what your father's name is. And whether you ever had a bunny as a child that pooped square droppings?” An angel gives Keizer Karel the task at night to go stealing. That is how the adventure of the king with the beautiful beard begins. An edifying story about loyalty, trust, and honorable behavior. Wannes Cappelle, 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. Credits: Acting: Wannes Cappelle, Jonas Leemans, Dimitri Leue, and Inge Paulussen Tekst & Direction: Dimitri Leue Muziek: Antoon Offeciers. Antoon composes music not too loud, but lute enough. Costumes: Atelier Utilisé- Lynn Wauters. Lynn pushes chain mail under her sewing machine, until the iron wire lets her suffocate. Set design: Antoine Waterkeyn. Antoine makes the whole theater image tilt artistically. Technique: Sonista Foto’s: Peter Claeys