Old Masters Sit-Down Comedy #1
Intro
Old Masters is the first in a three-part series of Sit-Down Comedies based on the prose works of Thomas Bernhard. In this piece, originally conceived as a kind of spin-off of Mrs and Mrs Markby, (the doubly performed character in 'Het belang van een Ideale Echtgenoot' (The importance of an Ideal Husband), the performance both companies created in 2003), two actors perform the same monologue. They complement each other, they are of one mind yet also contradict each other, they challenge each other, they ridicule each other, and in so doing also mock themselves. On the one hand, they hate everything and everyone, yet on the other hand, they can't live without any of it. That is the tragedy, but also the humor of it. Comp.Marius and 't Barre Land (NL), stage companions since 1995, are presenting Sit-Down Comedy #1, the first of a series of small-scale performances. Oude Meesters (Old Masters) will be followed later by Een kind (A Child) and De oorzaak (The Cause).
Author Thomas Bernhard
Text Old Masters
Adaption & actors Kris Van Trier, Vincent Van den Berg
Production Comp.Marius in coll. with ‘t Barre Land
Past play dates
February 2025
Feb
Kerk Klein Wetsinge – Wetsinge (NL)
January 2025
Jan
Frascati – Amsterdam (NL)
November 2024
Nov
Theater Kikker – Utrecht (NL)
Nov
De Warande – Warandestraat 14, Turnhout (BE)
Nov
De Warande – Warandestraat 42, Turnhout (BE)
Nov
De Warande – Warandestraat 42, Turnhout (BE)
Nov
Stad Leest – Oudaan 42, Antwerpen (BE)
August 2024
Aug
Theater op de Markt – Hasselt (BE)
Aug
Theater op de Markt – Hasselt (BE)
Aug
Theater op de Markt – Hasselt (BE)
Aug
Theater op de Markt – Hasselt (BE)
June 2024
Jun
Toneelhuis – Antwerpen (BE)
February 2024
Feb
KMSKA – Leopold de Waelplaats 18, Antwerpen (BE)
March 2022
Mar
CC De Herbakker – Pastoor De Nevestraat 1, Eeklo (BE)
July 2021
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
August 2020
Aug
Theater aan Zee – Oostende (BE)
Aug
Theater aan Zee – Oostende (BE)
Aug
Theater aan Zee – Oostende (BE)
Aug
Theater aan Zee – Oostende (BE)
July 2020
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
Jul
Comp.Marius MIDDELHEIM 21 – Antwerpen (BE)
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