concept and direction
Renée Goethijn
scenography
Stefan Jakiela
actors
Goele Derick, Guy Dermul, Lotte Diependaele
sound design
Joris Blanckaert
lighting design
Kurt Lefèvre
stage directions
Bart Capelle
software and electronics
Marcel Samyn
direction, stage and design assistant (trainee)
Amélia Malfait
movement advice
Bryan Thiltges
producer
Kunstenwerkplaats KWP
co-producer
Kunstencentrum Vooruit, C-TAKT, Theater Antigone, De Grote Post
with support from
De Vlaamse Gemeenschap, De Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, LOD muziektheater, A Two Dogs Company, Kultuurfaktorij Monty, Gc Kriekelaar, Gc De Kroon & K.A.K.
thanks to
Kristinn Guðmundsson
Clash
For her performance MANNAHATTA Renée Goethijn - together with scenographer Stefan Jakiela - transforms the scene into a magical-realistic and artificial scene of nature. Three figures, for whom the natural world is only a vague memory, are at each other's mercy. But how do they react when that bizarre landscape begins an absurd rebellion? How do they deal with the feeling of displacement and alienation when their familiar surroundings suddenly act unpredictably?
Particular state
MANNAHATTA is a performance that balances between theatre, performance and visual work in which Renée Goethijn searches for the connections between climate, technology and paternalism. She puts the actors in a world that is nostalgic, futuristic and utopian at the same time, in which the boundaries between nature and technology are blurred. In this way MANNAHATTA creates a landscape dancing on the ruins of the world as we know it. A landscape that might eventually swallow up mankind entirely.
