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17/05 > 15:00
14, 15, 16/05 > 20:15
€ 20 / € 15 (-25/65+)
FR > NL
1h 30min
Abo Inferno (9/05, deSingel), Purgatorio, Paradiso € 35
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Together with deSingel and La Monnaie, the Kunstenfestivaldesarts is offering Brussels audiences a unique opportunity to see Castellucci’s trilogy, an adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, as a whole. In contrast to the sensational world of Inferno, Romeo Castellucci’s Purgatorio takes a much more naturalist approach. “If the world is bound for damnation, it’s our fault”, wrote Dante. In Purgatorio the absolute evil lies at the heart of the family, with a father, a mother and a son as the only protagonists. To give shape to the machinations of evil, this Italian director makes avid use of the machinery of the stage. He treats the audience to an impressive and hyperrealistic set; the middle-class interior of a stately house from the 70s. There is a feverish atmosphere in the room, a constant menace... that barely stops short of suffocating the occupants. In Purgatorio, Romeo Castellucci has produced his masterpiece, said Le Monde when the trilogy premiered at the Avignon Festival last summer.
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