‘Loopstation (2018)’ Press

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotele

"There are programs running all over the place.
The ones doing their job, doing what they are meant to do, are invisible." – The Matrix Reloaded

LOOPSTATION is an hommage to routines and habits, the beauty of everyday rituals and wonder at the patterns that make the world go round. Contrary to what we’d love to believe, namely that we’re adventurous, always looking for change and excitement and unaffected by fxed patterns, we humans actually seek for comfort, balance and familiar structures.

LOOPSTATION is a big-stage performance with live music, in which today is always a bit like yesterday but still different from tomorrow. Where growth is not an obligation but a natural consequence of the actions that give meaning to existence. Nothing is entirely new and yet anything is ever the same. Nine performers build a world on a rotating disk, a fascinating microcosm in which everything is connected and loops no obstacle to progress. 

Director:
Alexander Devriendt

Actors:
Angelo Tijssens
Ferre Marnef
Hans Trentelman
Jeroen Van der Ven
Julia Ghysels
Karolien De Bleser
Max Wind
Nona Demey Gallagher
Sachli Gholamalizad

Musicians: 
Annelies Van Hijfte
Ellen Wils
Jolien De Gendt
Lore Binon

Dramaturgy:
Joeri Smet
Marie Peeters (intern)

Composition:
Joris Blanckaert

Light Design:
Babette Poncelet

Stage:
Danny Vandeput e.a.

Costumes:
Charlotte Goethals
Valerie Le Roy

Technicians:
Babette Poncelet
Tom Daniels
Rinus Samyn
Sean de Sweemer (intern)

photography:
Sarah Eechaut

stage photography:
Mirjam Devriendt

graphic design:
Nick Mattan

coproduction:
Ontroerend Goed (B)
Klarafestival (B)
Toneelgroep Maastricht (NL)
Kunstencentrum Vooruit (B)
KVS (B)
Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK)
& Richard Jordan Productions (UK)

With the support of the Flemish Governement & The City of Ghent.

This show was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure from the Belgian Federal Government