TROY - Lazarus

A Dionysian theater party about the intoxication of revenge, about power and beauty, and about the gods... and the sacrifices they demand. De Grieken, the foundation of Western storytelling. Also the foundation of a human image. War, war, and more war. Revenge, revenge, and more revenge. Toxic little men, clever and slavish little women, the gods... and the sacrifices they demand. The foundation to start with. The starting point. But did we ever leave? And aren't we still those same beginners? What on earth have we started? LAZARUS is turning twenty! We didn't really see that coming ourselves. Getting older happens by accident - losing hair and teeth too. But after 34 creations and many hundreds of performances, it is time to look back, forward, and sideways. And what do we see? Young actors, theater makers who are yearning for a place on stage, who want to make their voices heard. That is why we are happy to create this performance with 8 twenty-somethings from 4 theater schools . An exchange, a pollination, a theater meeting of passions, inspirations, aspirations, obsessions, and demons. Eagerly rummaging through the bin of our sources, we build, in dialogue with these young dogs, a new universe, our own theater world where deep questions, existential madness, self-mockery, and the joy of playing form the foundation. LAZARUS is turning twenty, twenty-somethings are becoming LAZARUS. Credits by and with Koen De Graeve, Pieter Genard, Günther Lesage, Ryszard Turbiasz, Joris Van den Brande and 8 students from 4 theater schools : Siebe Boone, Roos De Buysscher, Lena Devillé, Domien Huybrechts, Lander Merckx, Hanna Peeters, Lotte Smets and Lien Vandenabeele costume Eline Willemarck and Amber De Saeger scenography LAZARUS and Jasper Vanhalle lighting design Jasper Vanhalle lighting Bas Banen / Jasper Vanhalle sound Dieter Lambrechts / Rutger Mollen production management Marjolijn Hectors and Noor de Graaf tour coordination Kim De Ranter a production of theater arsenaal co-production Perpodium with the support of the Flemish government and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government