Tochtgat

In Tochtgat, Jef and Peter give the theatre a good airing with a dozen fans and a breath of fresh air. Visual theatre like a moving painting whose frames are blown away.

In a windy landscape of dancing pieces of fabric, plastic bags and floating cubes, two endearing figures wander who have long lost the battle with the brisk wind but never give up.

In Tochtgat, wind sets everything in motion, bringing things to life but also creating chaos. How do we relate to something that is fertile but also destructive?

Tochtgat plays with the aesthetics of draped fabrics in paintings by Rubens, the recognisable humour of slapstick and the impact of life-size modern visual artworks.

Like Kadrage and DEEG, previous performances by Jef Van Gestel and Peter Vandemeulebroecke, Tochtgat is a performance at the intersection of mime, performance, visual art and physical and visual theatre.

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