What kind of attention do we give to the sounds of the environment we inhabit?
What sort of agency do we have when these sounds start to disappear?
The Silencing is a sensitive exploration of the role of the spectator in a theatre space. It mirrors what is happening outside of it – the profound impact that human activity has on its physical surroundings. On stage, a group of young storytellers establishes a shared practice of listening by interweaving autobiographical narrations, speculations, and audio recordings. They fill the theatre space with words and sounds. Until words fail them and there are no more stories to tell.
- concept & direction
- david weber-krebs
- dramaturgy
- simone basani
- performance
- may abnet, ashley ho, julie mughunda in collaboration with ezra fieremans
- sound composition
- pali meursault
- costume design
- aidan abnet
- light design
- pablo fontdevila
- set design advice
- paola villani
- technical director
- pablo fontdevila
- coaching of the performers
- isabelle barth
- communication
- alice ciresola
- production
- infinite endings
- co-production
- kaaitheater, new theatre institute of latvia & productiehuis theater rotterdam (for act: art, climate, transition), c-takt, buda, wpzimmer and walpurgis
- with the support of
- monty and kunstenwerkplaats
- funded by
- the flemish authorities
- thanks to
- Q-O2, de school van gaasbeek vzw, jonas rutgeerts, leonie persyn, radical_hope
