Boat & Berg

On April 14th 2012 it was exactly 100 years ago that the sinking of the Titanic occurred. The sinking of the Titanic has become a part of the collective memory, appeals to everybody’s imagination and has reached an iconic status. The sinking of the Titanic has become the almost universal metaphor for the human hubris. ‘The Titanic is unsinkable, sinking unthinkable’. We know better now, even though we seem to have learned nothing, as the metaphor now turns from the ship to the iceberg, melting slowly but decisively.

Peter Vermeersch wrote a new composition for soprano (Rolande Van der Paal) and orchestra, on texts by Josse De Pauw. The public will hear the story of the iceberg through the voice of the singer, singing of her own fate.

CREDITS

text & direction Josse de Pauw
music Peter Vermeersch
concept Josse de Pauw & Peter Vermeersch

soprano Rolande van der Paal
spreaker Josse De Pauw
orchestra Flat Earth Society Orchestra

costumes Greta Goiris
text projection design Dooreman & Mario Debaene
images projection Linde Raedschelders
light design Chris Vanneste

production Bonk vzw, LOD | muziektheater
co-production de Singel, Vooruit and Theaterproductiehuis Zeelandia