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Enclosed Garden
Next year, Ferenc Balcaen will present a major new theatre production at NTGent. In this work, he explores melancholy as both an aesthetic and existential experience: reflecting on loss, memory, change, and the longing to hold on to what inevitably slips away. In preparation, Balcaen has been experimenting with installations and small-scale performances, two of which he will share with an audience during Playground.
At STUK, you can visit Enclosed Garden, an installation that serves as a preliminary design for the scenography. It is open throughout the festival and free to enter, like an exhibition. About Enclosed Garden Ferenc Balcaen states: A garden within walls. Silent, sacred, enclosed. Blooming behind monastery walls, among relics and embroidery. A place of prayer, beauty and meaning. A hortus conclusus.
Ferenc Balcaen also shows Alledaags Afscheid during Playground 2025.
Credits
direction Ferenc Balcaen | dramaturgy Marie Peeters | light design Dennis Diels | stage design Lars Uten | costumes Lynn Vanhoydonck | sound design Rint Mennes, Mees Vervuurt | direction production Klaas Lievens | technical direction Chris Vanneste | coordination stage design Thierry Dhondt | production NTGentLocation
Price
gratis
language
Additional info
continuous installation
th 13 nov — 17:00-22:30
fr 14 nov — 17:00-22:30
sa 15 nov — 17:00-22:30
su 1t nov — 14:00-18:00
Tags
work-in-progress
Ferenc Balcaen - Enclosed Garden
In the buildup to Playground, Ferenc Balcaen works on an installation the acts as a pre-design for the scenography of a new theatre piece.
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