Last week, on a foggy friday evening we discovered an interesting cultural place, offering plenty of remarkable events. Bij de vieze Gasten is a very nice theater place a bit out of the center of town. The people of Ghent probably know it very well, for us it was new.
We went to see the show of Utlima Thule, one of the best known belgian puppet theatres which is performing for young and adult audience.
The production 1900, which we went to see, is inspired by Alessandro Baricco's novel The legend of 1900. 1900 is a pianist, who was found as a new born baby in a box of lemons on an american cruiseship. He becomes a pianist in the boat orchestra and he is an extraordinary player, who is getting to know the world by seeing all the different people during the cruises. 1900 would never in his life leave the boat.
We follow his story through the narration of his friend, who is a trumpetist that plays in the boat orchestra. All characters are performed by the two actors Hans Van Cauwenberghe and Filip Peeters, who is also the designer of the puppets.
The cozy setting of the stage, good text and good puppet manipulation with gentle humor made this experience one of my personal highlights of the belgian season.
The production 1900, which we went to see, is inspired by Alessandro Baricco's novel The legend of 1900. 1900 is a pianist, who was found as a new born baby in a box of lemons on an american cruiseship. He becomes a pianist in the boat orchestra and he is an extraordinary player, who is getting to know the world by seeing all the different people during the cruises. 1900 would never in his life leave the boat.
We follow his story through the narration of his friend, who is a trumpetist that plays in the boat orchestra. All characters are performed by the two actors Hans Van Cauwenberghe and Filip Peeters, who is also the designer of the puppets.
The cozy setting of the stage, good text and good puppet manipulation with gentle humor made this experience one of my personal highlights of the belgian season.
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