Medea's Children
Availability :
until August 31, 2027
Show details :
A performance by: Milo Rau
Dramaturgy: Kaatje De Geest
Dramaturgy: Kaatje De Geest
Set design: ruimtevaarders (Karolien De Schepper, Christophe Engels)
Props design: Joris Soenen
Costume design: Jo De Visscher
Light design: Dennis Diels
Video design: Moritz von Dungern
Sound design: Elia Rediger
Acting coaching: Peter Seynaeve / Lien Wildemeersch
Child guidance: Dirk Crommelinck
With: Peter Seynaeve / Lien Wildemeersch, Anna Matthys / Juliette Debackere, Emma Van de Casteele / Ella Brennan, Jade Versluys / Bernice Van Walleghem, Gabriël El Houari / Aiko Benaouisse, Sanne De Waele / Helena Van de Casteele, Vik Neirinck / Elias Maes
Production team: NTGent
Production team: NTGent
Co-producers: Wiener Festwochen, La Biennale de Venezia, ITA - Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Tandem - Scène nationale (Arras Douai)
Performance not recomended under 16
It contains scenes that refer directly or indirectly to suicide, infanticide and paedophilia, as well as scenes featuring fake blood
Performance not recomended under 16
It contains scenes that refer directly or indirectly to suicide, infanticide and paedophilia, as well as scenes featuring fake blood
Show type :
Theater
Duration :
1h 37min
Premiere Date :
18-04-2024
With “Medea’s Children”, renowned director Milo Rau takes a new, deep look at the role of children in theatre. A real criminal case is the starting point: the case of a mother who, in total despair, decides to kill her children and take her own life - but she survives. This modern tragedy is interweaved with the classical tragedy “Medea”, the most infamous case of relationship conflict and infanticide in Western literature.
A group of children take this bloody crime case and the perhaps darkest origin narrative of European culture as an opportunity to reflect on themselves: on family history, first love and first encounters with death, on desires for the future and fears of the end of the world that haunts us all.
“Medea’s Children”: the absurd and blood-drenched tragedies of adult life seen through the eyes of children – a small history of theatre and a school of life as cruel as it is poetic.
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