*PLEASE NOTE 5PM START TIME, SUN SEP 28.
How serious is the entirety of human civilization?
Four intrepid individuals begin with a blank stage and gleefully rebuild life as we know it. Their tools include mind melds, pickaxes, microphones, electric guitars, and four-part harmony.
Ingeniously remaking social codes, laws of physics, philosophy, music, and human communication, Germinal posits the theory that human civilization may be just one big theater trick.
This layered study in theater magic is one of the most talked-about shows on the international arts circuit. In French with English surtitles.
DEFOORT AND GOERGER hail from France. They are musicians, actors, philosophers, pranksters, artists, and inventors. They excel at mixing genres, upending social codes, and not taking themselves too seriously. Their super-clever mix of visual art, theater, music, and sociology marked them as rising stars at the 2013 Avignon Festival.
LILLE/GHENT | THEATER | VISUAL | WILDLY ENTERTAINING | MUSIC | HUMOR
Photo Credit: Photo by Alain Rico
CREDITS
Halory Goerger, and Antoine Defoort | Conception & Direction:
Arnaud Boulogne,, Ondine Cloez,, Antoine Defoort,, Halory Goerger,, and the voice of, Mathilde Maillard | With
Maël Teillant | Technical Direction & Stage Manager
Sébastien Bausseron | Lighting and Stage
Robin Mignot | Sound and Stage
Christian Allamano,, Cédric Ravier,, and Danny Vandeput | Set Construction
Julien Fournet | Production Manager & Outside Eyes
Mathilde Maillard | Production Assistant
Sarah Calvez | Administration
Pauline Foury | Logistics
Supported by French American Cultural Exchange, WESTAF, National Endowment for the Arts.