In the shadow of Toon Hermans

115 performances after the premiere, due to continued high demand, a one-time revival of In de schaduw van Toon Hermans. A warm-hearted Flemish tribute to the greatest Dutch entertainer, folk poet, and philosopher of the joy of living. Herman Van Hove tells of his wonderful experiences backstage and at the kitchen table as the last manager and friend of Toon Hermans, a perfectionist and hypochondriac, still immensely ambitious in his old age but also filled with a 'blissful melancholy'. Lissa Meyvis, an angelic appearance with a voice as fine and fragile as crystal, breathes new, young life into Hermans' songs, a reflection of the innocence and cheerfulness that the master himself held in such high regard. But also of the love and emotion that drove him. “I sat in Antwerp one evening listening breathlessly” - Paul van Vliet “You could feel Toon smiling approvingly during the performance” - Bart Peeters “No one sings Lieverd as sweetly as Lissa” - Karel Michiels in De Standaard. “Theater Carré in delight. I felt a great homesickness for those years with Toon” - Jacques Klöters, biographer of Toon Hermans “We enjoyed the stories... it sometimes seemed as if we were hearing Simon Carmiggelt of Willem Elsschot” - de Volkskrant “Who was the girl in the red dress who sang so beautifully?” - Prinses Beatrix after the Toon tribute in Theater Carré “We went home in love again” - Anja Daems, VRT Radio 2