Living Apartment Together
Like a can of sardines, the façade of an apartment building opens up magically. The city rushes by, but our gaze slows down.
A man with a lover who just won’t return his calls. A lonely child with a microscope. A young couple madly in love who suddenly see death looming. Living Apartment Together tells the stories of 13 residents in a block of flats. Their lives touch through a song that seeps through the walls, a pizza that is left at the wrong door, a fire alarm.
Life unfolds on a life-size projection in five apartments and a stairwell. Meticulously edited. The spectators watch with headphones on as characters step out of the projection. Around them, city life rushes by.
A sensory performance somewhere between film and theatre about the quiet beauty of the seemingly banal. About invisible synchronicity. About the realisation that every beginning is nothing more than a continuation.
Living Apartment Together is a creation by Yves Degryse, artistic director at NTGent and BERLIN. Degryse collaborated with renowned author Angelo Tijssens on the script. This performance is the successor to The making of Berlin, one of the best performances of 2022 according to Belgian leading newspapers De Standaard and De Morgen.
a production by Yves Degryse/BERLIN & NTGent
tour dates
Credits
Yves Degryse
Yves Degryse, Angelo Tijssens
Matthias Velle
Barbara Raes/Beyond The Spoken
Mai Bui Vercoutere, Maaike Neuville, Serdi Fak Alici, Bavo Buys, Patricia Kargbo, Ramon Mahieu, Ehsan Hemat, Mitch Van Landeghem, Farnoosh Khodadadeh, Omid Mola, Frieda Pittoors, Stefan Lennert, Gudrun Moreau, Casper Schoolmeesters, Lucas Van der Vegt, Violet Braeckman, Winne Clement
Benny D'Haeseleer (stem), Yves Degryse (stem), Cliff De Caluwe, Zico De Gols, Bowien Deschilder, Sibel Goetstouwers, Marieke Hemelsoet, Oscar Mortier, Evelyn Vanhuffel (stem)
Peter Van Laerhoven
Geert De Vleesschauwer
Yves Degryse, Geert De Vleesschauwer, Fien Leysen, Raf Willems
Manu Siebens
Jessica Ridderhof, Ina Peeters
Koen De Saeger
Arnold Bastiaanse
Dennis Diels
Marij de Brabandere
Luna Vermeiren
Noizless Madness
BERLIN, NTGent
the Flemish Government
Ruth Lodder
Gent: Mohamad Alhaj, Abdul AlHajj, Bart Baevegems, Kristof Bourgion, Greta Genau, Marie-Ange Gillis, Brent Herregodts, Mumbi Hillewaert, Polly Hollanders, Jens Jacobs, Anna Matthys, Robbe Meere, Eva Muñoz Plaetinck, Charlotte Neyskens, Irene Nziza Muhoracyeye, El Rafaah, Inthe Saenen, Tom Smet, Liesbet Termont, Mohab Tabbaa, Sevde Ulusal, Philip Van Bogaert, June Van Hauwermeiren, Marilyn Van Loocke, Simon Verlinden, Ignace Walckiers
Marieke Cardinaels
Catherine Vervaecke
Philine Janssens
Anne Meffert, Luna Vermeiren (stage)
Maarten Degezelle, Arno Verlent (stage)
Koen De Saeger
Catherine Vervaecke, Marijn Vlaeminck
Raf Willems
Dennis Diels, Koen Baudewyn (stage)
Bas de Caluwé
Arnold Bastiaanse
Micheline d’Hertoge, Elli De Meyer, Jo De Visscher, Katelijne Laevens
Katelijne Laevens, Fien Leysen, Raf Willems
Helen White
Marieke Cardinaels, Maarten Degezelle, Thierry Dhondt, Jo De Visscher, Katelijne Laevens, Patrick Martens, Jonas Mayeur, Benoit Vanraes, Carl Vermeersch, Catherine Vervaecke
Ina Peeters, Jessica Ridderhof
Flup Beys, Sam Declercq, Philippe De Grave, Eddy Deschepper, Thierry Dhondt, Sin Jonkers, Pièrre Keulemans, Anton Leysen, Antoine Maes, Momo, Charles Raes, Noah Rummens, Joris Soenen, Tille Van Moorhem
Jessica Ridderhof, Ina Peeters, James Singh (stage), Luna Vermeire, (stage)
David Bauwens (spreiding), Sam Loncke (communicatie), Maya Van der Brempt (office management),Tine Verhaert (zakelijke leiding)
NTGent, BERLIN
Boulevard Festival (Den Bosch), Théâtre de Liége, le CENTQUATRE-PARIS
de Vlaamse Overheid, Flanders Tax Shelter
Site provided by Oryx Projects, pending completion of project ‘Keizerpoort’.
Casting Tails: Femke Gebruers, Maité Thijssen, Ellen Van Krunkelsven, AZ Sint-Lucas: Evelien Debruyne, Caroline Dekeyser, Ciska De Smedt, Tine Hendrickx, Bonny Noens, Caroline Vanden Broecke, Els Van Poucke, Kathleen Van Vlierberghe, Extras during shooting period: Annie Buyse, Angelina Hurkmans, Elinde Van Hecke, Regi Wietendaele, Child supervisor: Carlotta Hulpia, Syncura: Luc Ghyssels, Gaëlle Vander Auwera, Oryx Projects: Thierry Maene, VZW Jong: Sohrab Jabbari, Monica Raspatelli, Annelies Poppe, Ruth Lodder, Haitske Teunissen, Klaas Rommelaere, Jeroen de Leijer, Rosalynn van Hummel, Stad Gent