1095

The year is 1095 – it’s the depths of the Middle Ages, and religious fanaticism is everywhere. The young Flemish monk Bennie goes on the run. He ends up in what is left of Cordoba, where the last caliph has been chased out after centuries of Moorish rule.

1095 is a broken mirror doling out some nasty cuts to today’s world with leaders yelling, religion flaring up and undocumented drifters roaming the land. But 1095 is more than mere lament or satire. It is a story of love’s blindness, physical intoxication and betrayal. The stagecraft is energetic and unpredictable. At Boulevard 2016 they created complete disorder with The Winter’s Tale. And 1095 matches its daring, maniacal and overwhelming abundance.

regie: Lisaboa Houbrechts
performance: Seppe Decubber, Maxime Rouquart, Lobke Leirens, Romy Louise Lauwers, Victor Lauwers
text: Victor Lauwers
scenography: Oscar van der Put
coproduction: Monty Kultuurfaktorij en Toneelhuis

Lisaboa Houbrechts / Kuiperskaai is present on the 12th of August at Talk of the Town.