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Opus Apparatus

Jonas Vermeulen & Boris Van Severen / CAMPO, LOD & Compagnie Cecilia
Wed 22 Apr - Tue 12 May

Ziggy Stardust meets Frankenstein in an energetic theatre concert that explores the boundaries of visual theatre 

After The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy and The only way is UP, Boris Van Severen and Jonas Vermeulen are getting back together for their third concert theatre production. This time, it will be a chronicle inspired by social issues, exploring the fascinating yet challenging relationship between humans and technology, as well as between creators and their creations.  

Is our urge to create inexhaustible? When will we reach its limits? Do endless innovations generate real solutions, or are they seeds for new dilemmas?  

In times of artificial intelligence, machine learning and expansionism, Opus Apparatus tells a highly topical story about a community of driven people who have to relate to an entity they cannot control, which they have created by chance and which interacts with them in ever more layered ways. 

Boris Van Severen and Jonas Vermeulen found this theme in David Bowie’s work, which was largely inspired by the 1960s space race, especially in his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Not only because of the music, but also the idea of a prophet destined to bring salvation is immensely evocative. On the other hand, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein fits seamlessly with the desire for a story about a human creation that gains the upper hand and ushers in its downfall.

 

Duration: 70 minutes
In English
Technical triggers: loud music, strobe light, theater smoke

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Credits

concept Boris Van Severen & Jonas Vermeulen performance Boris Van Severen, Jonas Vermeulen, Ephraïm Cielen, Sarah Yu Zeebroek & Caro Abutoh coaching & dramaturgy Louise Van den Eede & Daan Borloo light design Babette Poncelet sound design Saul Mombaerts visual design & video mapping Gertjan Biasino costume design Joëlle Meerbergen visuals Jaak De Digitale (Bart Winckers) production coordination Eva De Wolf technical coordination Nic Roseeuw production Boris Van Severen & Jonas Vermeulen coproduction CAMPO, LOD, Compagnie Cecilia & Perpodium with the support of the Flemish government & the tax shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest

Past touring dates

 

26 Nov 25 - 20:30CAMPO nieuwpoort - Gent
 
27 Nov 25 - 20:30CAMPO nieuwpoort - Gent
 
28 Nov 25 - 20:30CAMPO nieuwpoort - Gent
 
12 Dec 25Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (Belgium)
 
13 Dec 25Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (Belgium)

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