‘Every word was once an animal’ Press

The show starts when a person comes on stage, walks casually to the microphone, adjusts it and starts talking. 

 The person who is going to do all of this is good at opening scenes. Everyone would have liked to play that part but fate has appointed just one of us. 

 If you open the show, you set the tone of the whole show. And that's not easy, to open a show. It’s a big responsibility, because if the first lines are well done, if they land well, then it’s magic.

 The beginning can’t go on forever. The rest of the show has to happen, and no, we can’t spoil it. But trust us, we’re telling you stories.

In Every Word Was Once An Animal, Ontroerend Goed dances on the thin line between truth and another truth. Forget what you just read. Just remember that half a truth is often a great lie. 

director:
Alexander Devriendt
 
actors:
Aaron J. Gordon
Bastiaan Vandendriessche
Charlotte De Bruyne / Eliza Stuyck / Sascha Bornkamp
Karolien De Bleser / Sachli Gholamalizad
Shôn Dale-Jones

text:
Alexander Devriendt
Angelo Tijssens 
Charles Purcell
& de cast

technicians (tour):
Pepijn Mesure 
Koen De Wilde

Scenography / sound / light:
Babette Poncelet
Pepijn Mesure
Thibault Annoot (intern)

costume:
Valerie Le Roy
Leentje Kerremans 

production:
Marie Peeters 
Fien Vandermeersch (intern) 

tour planning:
Charlotte Nyota Bischop 

graphic design:
Nick Mattan 

video:
Angelo Tijssens (director)
& Maxime Lahousse (DOP)

photography promotional image:
Sanne De Wilde 

photography scenery: 
Mirjam Devriendt

General manager:
David Bauwens

Financial manager:
Wim Smet

coproduction: 
Perpodium (B)
Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK)
Kunstencentrum Vooruit (B)
Richard Jordan Productions (UK)

With the support of the Flemish Government and the City of Ghent.
This show was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure from the Belgian Federal Government