https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/2805
“The wind, that is: someone’s life. There is nothing that does not touch something else.” This is a very moving testimonial by Jeroen Brouwers, who as a child was subjected to the horrors of Japanese concentration camps in Dutch Indonesia. After his mother’s death when he was 41, he plunged back into his childhood memories in a kaleidoscope of time and space, shifting continually from loss to hate and from pain to love. Giving it voice offers comforting balm to a...
Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
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“The wind, that is: someone’s life. There is nothing that does not touch something else.”
This is a very moving testimonial by Jeroen Brouwers, who as a child was subjected to the horrors of Japanese concentration camps in Dutch Indonesia. After his mother’s death when he was 41, he plunged back into his childhood memories in a kaleidoscope of time and space, shifting continually from loss to hate and from pain to love. Giving it voice offers comforting balm to a shattered life.
His voice slightly amplified, Dirk Roofthooft portrays even the slightest nuances of intimacy. Magnified by live video projection, his distorted image is a portal into the subconscious, shedding light within. Adapting the novel for the stage by using the language of new media with rare intelligence, Guy Cassiers takes the spectator on a journey deep into the psyche and human suffering.
