Speak to me of Love

Cast: Daan Hugaert and Fanny Oplinus It is midnight. The bed beckons. He and she come home from a company party and choose to settle their scores. For an hour and a half, they bombard each other with hilarious cruelty and brilliant provocation. This marital western is irresistibly funny and profound at the same time. As the fire flares up, everything passes in review: children, in-laws, pets, politics, work, sexuality, artistic taste, and other small cowardices of daily life. The strength of the play lies in the speed and decisiveness with which the two react to each other. Daan Hugaert in Ghent dialect, Fanny Oplinus in West Flemish. (Rudy Tollenaere) &&& Both actors spark playing pleasure into the hall. Fanny Oplinus testifies to physical courage and plays with full dedication. And what an experienced stage veteran Daan Hugaert is, whose deliciously expressive body language and mimicry at times remind one of Louis de Funès. (Gino Debreyne) &&& You become happy from this wonderful performance if you recognize the humor in it and put the recognizability into perspective. (S.V.) &&& The result is a fresh, flashy performance that rolls through the hall with speed, humor, and zest and leaves you full of desire. That tastes like more… (Reaction after performance) &&& In Parle moi d’Amour crackles for an hour and a half. No breathing pauses, no silences, only pure energy. From the first second, words and emotions are hurled at the audience like well-aimed uppercuts. This is theater with a heartbeat above competition level.