Dying Together

We should think about death – not dread it. A position, expressed by Lotte van den Berg, [1975] that exudes courage. In Dying Together she studies questions around intimacy and dying together. And she isn’t doing it all by herself, but invites her audience to join in. Take a look around and you will find plenty of research material. Suicide missions on the streets, outbreaks of bird flu, the attack on flight MH17 and elderly couples calmly facing the end together.

Departing from real-life situations like these, Lotte van den Berg invites you to join in a physically executed mental exercise. The people involved, the dying, the next of kin, bystanders and spectators: in different constellations she brings them face to face.

Dying Together premieres in Rotterdam in October. Rehearsals will be held this summer in ’s-Hertogenbosch, and visitors to the festival can attend a preview. During the past three editions of Boulevard, Lotte had people talking in Building Conversation, a research into conversational techniques.

English spoken, no seating available.

regie | performance | concept: Lotte van den Berg
regie-assistant: Salome Mooij
performance: Gerindo Kamid Kartadinata, Justyna Wielgus, Matteo Bifulco, Lukas von der Lühe
composition: Polly Lapkovskaya
lightdesign: Vinny Jones
scenography: Breg Horemans
dramaturgy: Tobias Staab
performance | concept: Floor van Leeuwen
production: Third Space
coproduction: Theater Rotterdam, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Festival BLVRD, Vooruit, BUDA, SoAP, BIT Teatergarasjen, Nanterre-Amandiers 
Partly made possible by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, VSBFonds, Ammodo Fonds and Fonds21.