Hofstade
Pay what you can
What do we do when we don't like our fate? Are dreams ours, or are they just old clichés that we inherit? What do our fictional choices say about us?
Babette, Vasco, Ayoub, Haby, Abigael, Paloma and Viggo are between 14 and 20 years old. Like most teenagers, they are looking for independence and freedom.
They seek it in fiction, which brings them to the Hofstade estate on the outskirts of Brussels, known for its pleasant artificial beach. On the narrow sandy beach by the lake, the seven future adults imagine the ocean and sketch the contours of a utopian world. Their goal is to answer one question: can you choose your own destiny?
‘In the wonderful Hofstade, we go on an adventure with a group of sailors driven by a gentle rebellion. Funny, explosive, irresistible!’ — Catherine Makereel, Le Soir
written and directed by Ilyas Mettioui ⎪ dramaturgy Zoé Janssens & Tatjana Pessoa⎪ assistant director Alice Valinducq ⎪ choreography collaboration Lila Magnin ⎪ with Benoît Gob, Abigael Kermu, Ayoub Benali, Babette Verbeek, Haby Kasse, Vasco Fior, Ni Stévenne, Viggo Ebouele, Paloma Labru ⎪ set design Aurélie Borremans ⎪ lighting design Guillaume Fromentin ⎪ sound design Guillaume Istace ⎪ costume design Rita Belova ⎪ set construction Les Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège ⎪ stage and lighting manager Aurélie Perret ⎪ sound manager Sébastien Destrait ⎪ production Théâtre de Namur ⎪ coproduction Le Boréal, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre Le Rideau, Central La Louvière ⎪ with the support of taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian federal government's tax shelter, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation - Theatre Department. Centre Communautaire Maritime and the Maison des Cultures de Molenbeek