In the belly of the whale - Peter Verhelst, Lindah Leah Nyirenda, Seppe Decubber

Moby Dick in the 21st century What remains of a legend if you blow the dust of a century and a half off it? Moby Dick van Herman Melville is more than a report of an obsessive hunt; it is a mirror for the human condition, hunger for power, and our relationship with nature. Together with writer Peter Verhelst, theater maker and writer Seppe Decubber, and slam poet and theater maker Lindah Leah Nyirenda, we dive into the depths. What do we read today in this canonized story? Is Ahab the embodiment of contemporary ambition, or an ultimately tragic character who goes for an extreme ideal at all costs? And also: who swims in Melville's ocean today? Just like last year, three writers from a different generation talk to each other about Moby Dick and make a plea for or against the book and dig up new sea stories. Peter Verhelst is a poet and author of novels and theater texts. ... Read more at https://theateraanzee.be/programma/in-de-buik-van-de-walvis