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The Truthful

Lieselot Siddiki / CAMPO
Tue 13 Jan - Sat 18 Apr

The big bang was a song. God sang the universe into existence.

The Truthful: She Who Speaks The Truth. That is the meaning of the name Siddiki. It is the name of preachers, already for centuries. It dates back to Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first caliph and successor to Prophet Muhammad.

Departing from meetings with her uncle, Dr. Nasir Siddiki - a former muslim, saved by Jesus and grown into a charismatic evangelical preacher - Lieselot Siddiki creates The Truthful. The Truthful is Siddiki's fever dream. It is a vision that came to her as she undertook her journey through the promised land. As in her previous performance Up Your Ass (a co-creation with Nona Demey Gallagher), it speaks of a fascination with the dark side of American society. The land of plenty, obsessed with conspiracy theories, rodeos, cartoons, puritanical beliefs and the dazzling promise of success. 

The Truthful is autobiographical speculation and sheds light on shadows that were better left in the dark. It is fiction mixed with docu, autobiography mixed with bibles, truth mixed with lies. 

The Truthful is a total spectacle.

The Truthful is about faith and the act of believing.

The Truthful is merging into something greater, is transcending the mundane.

The Truthful is about megalomania, about madness, about contemplation, about redemption.

The Truthful is a circus of prophets in which charismatic demigods, preachers and drifters roam, evoked by Bavo Buys, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu, Joeri Happel and Elisabeth Klinck.

Composer Elisabeth Klinck's sound and music create an immersive experience and offer an additional perspective on reality. With vibrations, we enter another reality. Or as Dr. Nasir Siddiki proclaims: vibrations are God, God singing. The big bang was a song. God sang the universe into existence.

 

In English, without surtitles 
Duration: about 90 minutes
Technical trigger: loud music

 

 

 

 

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Like America, I suffer from delusions of grandeur.

interview with Els Van Steenberghe in Knack Focus, 22-05-25
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PRESS

"What makes ‘The Truthful’ so special, is how Siddiki movesthrough that complex symbolic landscape with remarkable accuracy and critical acuity — between devotion and show business, between kitsch and existential seriousness." - Aïcha Mouhamou in pzazz, 21-05-25

"If reality itself is so satirical, you have to try to transcend it." - interview with Wouter Hillaert in De Standaard, 22-05-25

"Like America, I suffer from delusions of grandeur." - interview with Els Van Steenberghe in Knack Focus, 22-05-25.

"The Truthful has a subculturally layered stage design, in which religion and entertainment come together." - Sébastien Hendrickx in Etcetera, 26-05-25

Credits

Direction & design Lieselot Siddiki music composition Elisabeth Klinck performance Bavo Buys, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu, Joeri Happel & Elisabeth Klinck dramaturgy & coaching Laurens Aneca design instrument Simon Lanz sound design, sound mix & music dramaturgy Oscar Claus light design Anne Meeussen internship technique Seppe Lauwereyns costumes Frieda Degeyter internship textile Kyra Voordeckers sculpted costumes Lisette Sevard scenography Eva Demulder video Pol Heyvaert graphic design Joram De Cocker spiritual coach Dr. Nasir Siddiki production CAMPO co-production C-mine, detheatermaker, KVS, Toneelhuis, VIERNULVIER & Perpodium with the support of the Flemish Government, the taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF, Gouvernement & DeAuteurs thanks to Wisdom Ministries

Past touring dates

 

14 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM) 
15 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM)
16 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM)
21 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM)
22 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM)
23 MEI 25 - 20:30 - CAMPO NIEUWPOORT, GENT (BELGIUM)
27 MEI 25 - C-MINE, GENK (BELGIUM)
16 OKT 25 - 20:30 - KVS, BRUSSEL (BELGIUM)
17 OKT 25 - 20:30 - KVS, BRUSSEL (BELGIUM)
19 OKT 25 - LEIETHEATER, DEINZE (BELGIUM)
04 DEC 25 - 20:00 - TONEELHUIS, ANTWERPEN (BELGIUM) 
06 DEC 25 - 20:00 - TONEELHUIS, ANTWERPEN (BELGIUM) 

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