DESCHONECOMPANIE & Il Gardellino

If you, on a beautiful, sunny day, look attentively and long enough at the clouds… if you peer very well and far enough… then you can see it: a gazebo with 2 cloud dwellers in it. And if you then also listen very well, then you can hear it: the most beautiful music. One cloud dweller plays an old guitar. The other sings so beautifully and high that her hair lights up from it. Together it sounds beautiful. It makes them happy, cheerful, and glad. A third cloud dweller sits by and watches it. Sad, a bit angry too… and jealous. He would like to join in. But… he cannot sing. No matter how hard he tries, only ugly screaming comes out of his mouth. It makes him sad, angry, and… jealous. “Jupi is beautifully designed and is full of pointed jokes and inventive rhymes. Goossens' approach also succeeds with toddlers.” (De Standaard) ‘Jupi’ is a stimulating story about playing together and being alone, about being able and granting, about light and music. DESCHONECOMPANIE has been making opera accessible to a wide audience for years. This time it is the turn of the very youngest to get the chance to enjoy opera. Completely tailored to children from 3 years old, ‘Jupi’ is a visual and musical spectacle for the very youngest. Cast: Carine Van Bruggen, Thomas Langlois, Esther Kouwenhoven and Lissa Meyvis / direction & text adaptation: Tom Goossens / musical adaptation: Thomas Langlois / scenography & costumes: Jana Roos / toddler dramaturgy: Katrien De Bruycker / writing coach: Raf Walschaerts