Sit-Down Comedy #1 Old Masters
Comp.Marius and 't Barre Land (NL) are presenting Sit-Down Comedy #1, the first of a series of small-scale performances with an extremely short production process, based on the prose works of Thomas Bernhard.
Rigoletto
Adaptation of Verdi's opera and Victor Hugo's The King's Fool. Reconstruction of a tragedy that started as a comedy. On tour autumn 2022
The Comedy of Seduction
Comp.Marius offers drama students a stage to perform their master project in the frame of the summer festival MIDDELHEIM 21.
Coupe Royale
'What's new, what's new in our shaky state?' (Richard III, company III, scene 2) Ten king's dramas of William Shakespeare in one collage. Collaboration with theatre school Ensatt-Lyon | Premiere on 24th of June 2019. Site-specific performance. | French version
Our Mutual Friend
Translation and stage adaptation of 'Our Mutual Friend' (1865) written by Charles Dickens
(England, 1812-1870). A whodunit where no one is who they say they are. Since 2017 | Mei 2020 in Dendermonde postponed to 2022
Ne Swarte
A radically rewritten version of William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'.
Premiere: 8 November 2016, Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE).
Figaro
Translation and adaptation of The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784) by the French author Pierre August Caron Beaumarchais (1732-1799). Set to music by Rossini and Mozart adulterated by Jonas Vermeulen. | At location | can be seen in Antwerp june 2021
Voor niks Umsonst
A comedy where actors play cat and mouse with factory and theatre directors. And to cap it all, by the end their virtuoso acting turns outs to have been for nothing, umsonst!
Belgian premiere: 27 December 2015, Wintervuur, Antwerp (BE)
SHYLOCK
'A pound of flesh cut from your own body, and three caskets of gold, silver and lead.'
These singular elements form the basis for 'Shylock', a new play by Jan Decorte.
Premiere: November 2013, Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE).
Een Hollander ontdekt Vlaanderen
This is a Comp.Marius radio adaptation of a book and TV programme from 1971 'A Dutchman discovers Flanders'.
Premiere: 2013, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)
De Schpountz
'The Schpountz' with its 57 scenes and 34 characters is a nonsensical farce and an ode to the actor. It details the resolution of a misunderstanding between a young, bigoted artist and a hardworking shopkeeper, in between the roquefort and the sausages. | Première 27 July 2012, Theater aan Zee (BE)
Niks of niks
Jan Decorte has rewritten ‘Much ado about nothing’ by the English bard William Shakespeare as a silly and scabrous play for five actors.
Premiere: 12 January 2012, Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE)
Nieuwe mémoires uit de rijpingsjaren
Translation and adaptation of the story of the same name for the young by Witold Gombrowicz, enhanced with fragments from his amazing diaries and with short narrative interludes by the Daniil Kharms.
Premiere: August 2011, Zomer van Antwerpen, Antwerp (BE)
Kleine ondervraging III
New series of extracts read or acted in an evening halfway between a lively neighbourhood quiz and a play reading that gets out of hand.
Premiere: July 2010, Zomer van Antwerpen, Antwerp (BE)
Force de l'habitude (bis)
New version of Bernhard's comedy on the idea that practice makes perfect.
New translation, different actors and hardly any stage set.
Wintervögelchen
Modern version of William Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale'. Inspired by Shakespeare and Hölderlin, Jan Decorte has created a cheery performance about power, jealousy, despair, love and a little bird.
Allen die vallen
New translation and open-air staging of Beckett's ambiguous 1957 radioplay 'All That Fall'. A text with a tight structure and loose morals. Premiere Dutch version: June 2008, Oerol Festival, Terschelling (NL)
Happy Days
New translation of Samuel Beckett's 1962 near-monologue.
In association with 't Barre Land.
Premiere: March 2007, Grand Theater, Groningen (NL)
Manon en Jean van Florette
Translation and adaptation of Marel Pagnol's 1952 film scenario 'Manon des sources' and of 'L'eau des collines', the novel he wrote 10 years later which recounts the same story.
A Provencal version of 'Oedipus' in the open air, with rabbit and prunes served in the interval. Since 2006
De Sunshine Boys
New translation of the 1972 classic by the American "King of Comedy" Neil Simon.
Since 2006 | Tour in Flanders in November and December 2021
Republiek der dromen
Adaptation of 'Spring' and seven stories from 'The Cinnamon Shops' (1933) by the Polish avant-garde writer Bruno Schulz.
Premiere French version: January 2005, SN Le Volcan, Le Havre (FR)
Premiere Dutch version: January 2006, deSingel (on location: Red Star Line hangars), Antwerp (B)
Macht der gewoonte
New translation of Thomas Bernhard's 1974 comedy 'Die Macht der Gewohnheit'.
Premiere: August 2003, Zomer van Antwerpen, Antwerp (BE)
Premiere French version: July 2004, Festival Paris Quartier d'été, Paris (FR)
De ideale ernst of het belang van een echtgenoot
Combination of two Oscar Wilde comedies: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'An Ideal Husband'.
Premiere: February 2003, Theater Kikker, Utrecht (NL)
Selected for the Theatre Festival.
Nuit unique
An evening at Le Lieu Unique in Nantes, unique in the sense of being a one-off: a debate with 1000 people from Nantes and 10 specialists, on the subject of 'What is art and why is it important?', in the form of a grand dinner for the people.
Premiere: 15 February 2003, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)
De Storm
Adaptation and translation of The Tempest of William Shakespeare.
Premiere: october 2003
Kleine Ondervraging I & II
Series of new translations of extracts from (dramatic) writing on the theme of 'A History of Reading', a book by the Argentine essayist Alberto Manguel.
Slúb
Adaptation of 'The Wedding' and 'History' (plays) and 'Ferdydurke' (novel) by the Polish avant-garde writer Witold Gombrowicz.
Premiere: 27 March 2001, Vooruit, Ghent (BE)
Premiere German version: 29 April 2001, Dortmund (DE)
Sasja danse
Decorte's translation and staging of Anton Chekhov's classic 1887 play 'Ivanov'.
Premiere: October 2001, Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE)
Nagras
Translation and adaptation of Jean Giono's 1929 short story 'Regain' and Marcel Pagnol's 1937 film scenario of the same name.
Premiere: July 2000, Zomer van Antwerpen, Hoboken (BE).
Premiere French version: September 2005, Aubagne (FR).
Premiere Spanish version: May 2005, Madrid (ES).
Marius, Fanny et César | The Trilogy
Translation and adaptation of the 'Trilogie Marseillaise' by Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974). A minor marathon in the open air at the waterside, with a Mediterranean meal served in the interval. | Premiere 1999, Zomer van Antwerpen, Antwerp (B) | Premiere French version 2001, Nantes (FR)
Bêt noir
Jan Decorte's version of 'Oedipus' by the classical Greek playwright Euripides.
Premiere: 22 September 1999, Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE)
Alle koningsdrama's in twintig minuten
A turbo-charged adaptation of all Shakespeare's History Plays, performed in twenty minutes. A living pamphlet with the motto 'Watch out, your sword is going rusty!' |
Premiere: September 1998, Vooruit, Ghent (BE)
Baf! don quichot komt af!
Adaptation of the pamphleteering Russian play 'Don Quixote', on freedom and making choices, supplemented with extracts from Miguel Cervantes' original.
Premiere: June 1998, Kattendijkdok, Antwerp (BE), in the pouring rain.
Mémoires uit de regenpijpjaren | Gombrowicz / Charms
Translation and adaptation of the story of the same name for the young by Witold Gombrowicz, enhanced with fragments from his amazing diaries and with short narrative interludes by Daniil Kharms.
Premiere: 1997, Victoria, Ghent (BE)
German premiere: 1998, Hamburg (DE)
O,o,o
Translation and adaptation for three actors of Molière's 'Le Misanthrope'.
Premiere: October 1997, Monty, Antwerp (BE)
Henry IV
Adaptation of Shakespeare's anti-bourgeois play on growing up (parts I and II).
Premiere: 1997, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)
Selected for the Theatre Festival 1998, winner of the public prize.
Rien ne va plus
Adaptation of Brecht's 'The Life of Galilee', supplemented with extracts from Woody Allen, Rudolf Steiner and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Premiere: 1996, Monty, Antwerp (BE)
Doña Rosita
Translation of Lorca's five-act play, preceded by Shakespeare's prologue 'Venus and Adonis'.
Premiere: Monty, Antwerp (B), 1995
Zeven koningen
Adaptation of all Shakespeare's History Plays in conjunction with final-year students at the Theatre School in Arnhem.
Premiere: June 1995, theatre school, Arnhem (NL)
Het Huwelijk
Adaptation of the play by Witold Gombrowicz.
Premiere: 1995, Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE)
(special performance as part of 'Sputnik')
Don Perlimplin with belisa in his garden
Special performance as part of 'Maten: two weeks at LantarenVenster'.
Premiere: 1995, LantarenVenster, Rotterdam (NL)
Carlos
Translation and adaptation for four actors of the 1787 play 'Don Carlos'.
Premiere: 1995, Monty, Antwerp (BE)
De dagen van Leopold Mangelmann | Grunberg
Adaptation of the epilogue from Grunberg's novel Rattewit and play The Days of Leopold Mangelmann. Premiere: January 1995, Monty, Antwerp (BE) - special performance
Maten
Translation and adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'.
Premiere: 17 March 1994, Monty, Antwerp (BE)
De kluchtzangers
Premiere: 10 augustus 1993, Augustijnercentrum 93, Antwerp
1794
After Georg Büchner's 'Danton's Death'.
Premiere: 4 November 1993, deSingel, Antwerp (BE)
Mazurka
Adaptation of the anti-war novel 'Mazurka for Two Dead Men' by the Spanish winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. Premiere: 23 March 1993, STUK, Leuven (BE)
De natuurlijke dochter
Translation of Goethe's 1803 work 'Die natürliche Tochter'.
Premiere: January 1993, STUK, Leuven (BE)
Ivanov
Adaptation of 'Ivanov' by Anton Tsjechov.
Premiere: January 9, 1992, Toneelschuur, Haarlem (NL)
Restauratie
Production together with Maatschappij Discordia, tg STAN and Dito'Dito.
Première: 21 june 1992, Toneelschuur, Haarlem (NL)
Maagdelijkheid
Translation and adaptation of the short story by Witold Gombrowicz, from the collection 'Memoirs from a Time of Immaturity'.
Premiere: 15 October 1991, Toneelschuur, Haarlem (NL)
