A thrilling spectacle in which, as a dinner party spirals out of control, the little social pretensions fade away, revealing our insatiable thirst for thrills and passion.
Dear audience member, don’t come here expecting the tried-and-tested formulas of other
groups whose style is familiar and expected. This is a different kettle of fish. Just go with the flow and let yourself be surprised. And may laughter, when it comes, take you to new places
The demonstration is relentless. It makes us question our own demons and oddities, and what we (wrongly?) suppress out of social propriety, whilst showing us just how fine the line is between staying on this side and falling to the other.
We must also pay tribute to the wonderful performances of the actors, which shine throughout the show. A wild tale of high-society cannibalism, a metaphor for a world devoured by social conventions, which challenges us to question our ability to break free from political correctness and plunge headfirst into a whirlwind of the absurd, the unpredictable and the unprecedented. It’s mad.
Direction, collective writing and performance: Antoine Cogniaux, Sami Dubot, Thomas Dubot, Marie Bourin Okuda, Léa Romagny Vallentin Lighting design and stage management: Nicolas Marty Vocal coaching: Sami Dubot, Jean-Pierre Urbano Sound design support: Maxime Glaude
Production: Collectif Greta Koetz Production administration and coordination: Edgar Martin
Distribution: Aurélie Curti – Contre-Productif, production and technical support company, and Greta Koetz Collective Co-productions Wallonia-Brussels National Theatre, Mars – Mons Performing Arts, Mons 2025 Foundation, Tournai Cultural Centre, Coop asbl and Shelter prod
Set and costume construction: Workshops of the Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles
With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Theatre Department (capt)
With the support of taxshelter.be, INGet and the Belgian Federal Government’s tax shelter scheme, Esact – Royal Conservatoire of Liège, ‘Tremplin pépites & co’ – l’Ancre/Charleroi, la Chaufferie-acte 1, Factory, Liège Festival, “Écoles de Passage” Festival – Metz, Théâtre des Doms – Avignon
During the production, the Greta Koetz collective received support from Cie Artara as part of its programme to assist with the integration and professional development of young artists
It was an incredible experience, then, to take in this show—so clever, so funny, and so skilfully directed and performed. Thrilling, subtle, profound too, and very intense.