In Folks&Fools, Maxim Storms and Lobke Leirens play out the myth of the scapegoat. They transform themselves into two carefree figures chosen by their tribe to fulfil a fateful quest.
creation and performance
Maxim Storms en Lobke Leirens
coaching
Jan Steen
scenery
Rachid Laachir
co-producers
kunstencentrum nona, C-takt, Cement Festival, Arenberg, Needcompany
with the support of
CAMPO
Failing bravely, the two rascals follow each other along cruel barriers in an alien universe. Folks&Fools is an enigmatic brew of legendary screams, cosmic rogues and primal innovators in decay.
Lobke Leirens and Maxim Storms explore the absurdity in both the cosmic and the sinister. At Theater aan Zee in 2014, they wowed audiences with the labyrinthine production KROCHT, based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. In 2017 they made Another One, in which a married couple who have got into a rut search for ways of transcending themselves and each other through masochistic rituals. Another One was selected by Circuit X 2017 and toured in Belgium and abroad. After their selection by Big In Belgium 2018, they were awarded the prestigious Total Theatre Award in Scotland. Their previous production, Happy Hour, came to nona last season.
