Forest, 8+ - BRONKS & BOS

Root drought, not-so-fine dust, aggressive-invasive species, rising moss costs, pesticides, exploding nature tourism… The forest is boiling over! Blue tits only eat chips anymore, beavers build a dam out of plastic bottles, and some squirrels shoot around like unguided projectiles, fighting over a half-empty Capri Sun. Willie Wonders climate show tries to bring hope in these difficult times. The animals and plants sing and dance until they sweat, but when even their own show is jeopardized by an outside threat, the animals fall out of their roles. The musical sputters, the children's drawings growl back, the cuddly toys bite back. BOS is a forceful tragicomic theatrical performance on location. A search for a bright spot in the climate story. How can you tell something enriching about a theme that leaves no one unmoved with a bunch of animals with a quirk, a load of absurd humor, and lots of playing fun? “Can climate education still hit the mark? This hilarious fight between the theater animals and the rich for power over the green space is a clever answer.” - Wouter Hillaert, De Standaard ★★★★☆ concept Greet Jacobs, Titus De Voogdt, Mats Vandroogenbroeck, Simon D’Huyvetter, Tania Van Der Sanden - acting Greet Jacobs, Titus De Voogdt, Mats Vandroogenbroeck, Tania Van Der Sanden - direction Simon D’Huyvetter - costume Rachid Laachir & Emely Laame (internship) - scenography Tom de With, Emma Vangrunderbeek (assistance) & Jana Noël Van Impe (painter) - music Simon D’Huyvetter & Tom Gaublomme - technique Juriaan Houttekier, Thomas Clause & Thibault Sente (internship) - production BRONKS & BOS+ - co-production Perpodium - with thanks to DE MAAN - with the support of Tax Shelter of the Belgische Federale Overheid via BNPPFFF, the Belgian development cooperation and Literatuur Vlaanderen - © Illias Teirlinck