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

In a country that is on the edge of a civil war, an exclusive and influential company comes together during a party. While the streets are on fire, people are chatting, laughing, and eating inside. It's party time! On one side a revolution that is about to happen, on the other side concerns about the membership of an exclusive tennis club. 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. Na Housewarming the trio Acke, Bakker, and 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 The Hour of the Wolves (2025) by Giuliano da Empoli and write a new text. In this way, they connect classical repertoire with the world of today. PARTY TIME becomes 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. PARTY TIME is thus a dangerously current and sensual performance by a new generation of theater makers.