DE HOE

Ans Van den Eede and Greg Timmermans return to their very first love story. Thirteen years ago, a man and a woman, ‘he’ and ‘she’, had to apologize. They wanted to tell you something about Denis Diderots Jacques, le fataliste et son maître, but just like the protagonist of that novel never gets his love story told because he constantly gets lost in side stories and subplots, so the man and the woman did not succeed in unraveling Diderot's text for you. Their own relationship, of whatever nature, took the upper hand. They could not speak out – or did not want to speak out – what was going on between them, for fear of breaking what was there by giving it language. That is why they kept talking, mainly to not talk about it. And precisely because of that, they threatened to lose each other. In 2012, the then newly founded theater company Hof van Eede won the TAZ-KBC Young Theater Prize with its very first performance: Where the world is going, that is where we are going, played by Ans Van den Eede and Greg Timmermans. Thirteen years later, they return with DE HOE to the source of all love relationships they have experienced on stage since then. How do the texts of then resonate with their lives now? And can they even get them played at all? In their fickle homage to the art of conversation, Ans and Greg look back on their ideas about love at the time, secretly longing for their lost naivety. A reworking that is also a blocked attempt to return to who they once were. Van Ans Van den Eede, Louise Van den Eede, and Greg Timmermans | Met Ans Van den Eede and Greg Timmermans | Tekstbijdragen Wannes Gyselinck and Willem de Wolf | Eindregie Peter Van den Eede | Scenography and technique Bart Mommerency and Bram De Vreese | Kostuums Elisabeth Michiels | Production DE HOE Thanks to NOME Furniture | With the support of the Vlaamse Overheid Press “Thirteen years later and a bit of life further, Where the world is going, that is where we are going remains just as witty as it is smart. The revival is a renewed discovery for both actors and audience.”- Karel Vanhaesebrouck in Etcetera, 13.10.2025 “Where the world is going testifies to an inexhaustible curiosity and zest for life, and is thus a sensitive ode to self-awareness, precision, and, what everything ultimately revolves around, love.” ★★★★- Floris Baeke in De Standaard, 13.10.2025 “A sharp and witty twist through time, language, and the art of wonderfully wandering off.”- Robin Peeters in Theaterparadijs.nl, 29.10.2025 “Where the world is going, that is where we are going is still a wonderful chat piece between a man and a woman, with musings on life and fate, past and present, with the book Jacques the Fatalist and his Master (1773) by Denis Diderot in hand. A plot is missing, but due to the special acting style and layered humor, it remains exciting.”- Tuur Devens in Theaterkrant, 15.10.2025