Augustijn Vermandere - AND/OR

In Kerff tells Sebastien Dewaele the improbable story of Marcel Kerff, a butcher's son from the Voerstreek who was at the start of the very first Ronde van Frankrijk, in 1903. Long before Van Looy, Museeuw, and Boonen, he is the first Flandrien, adorned with a fighting spirit that stems from a scorching grief. Kerff is a monologue supported by live music about courage, sacrifice, and racing. About grand dreams, unconditional family ties, waving corn, and refreshing pastis. Na Marinus (2018) and Once upon a time in de Westhoek (2022) Sebastien Dewaele makes a third performance at Compagnie Cecilia that zooms in on moving but forgotten heritage, about small people who end up in big history.