Peace, Love & Freedom

On the margins of the negotations for the treaty of Versailles, three people meet in a hotellobby in Paris. The great war is over, the atmosphere is exuberant: the twenties are ready to roar.

The young, brilliant economist John Maynard Keynes - openly bisexual at a time when it was still punishable - is one of the negotiators. One night he falls for the charms of Lydia Lopokova, a ballerina from the ballets Russes who stays in the same hotel. She's holding an African man in the hotel for a servant. However, this turns out to be Charles D.B. to be king, envoy of Liberia, the only free african country. King is therefore the only black negotiator at th econgress. A conversation about freedom unfolds. What they all seem to be looking for.

director
Stijn Devillé
cast
Michaël Pas, Prince K. Appiah, Clara Cleymans
dramaturgy
Els Theunis, Jörg Vorhaben & René Michaelsen
music
Geert Waegeman
production
Het Nieuwstedelijk in coproduction with Staatstheater Mainz, Theater im Bauturm Köln & Het Laatste Bedrijf
with the support of
Cronos Invest nv

Cast

  • Clara Cleymans
  • Michaël Pas
  • Prince K. Appiah

Calendar

24.04.2021 – 20:00 – Theater im Bauturm, Keulen, D (Duitse première)

23.09.2021 – 20:15 – C-Mine, Genk (Première)
24.09.2021 – 20:15 – C-Mine, Genk
28.09.2021 – 20:00 – 30CC Schouwburg, Leuven
29.09.2021 – 20:00 – 30CC Schouwburg, Leuven
01.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
02.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
08.10.2021 – 20:00 – CC Westrand, Dilbeek
13.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
14.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
15.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
16.10.2021 – 20:15 – De Nieuwe Zaal, Hasselt
18.10.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven
19.10.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven
20.10.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven (+ Stand der dingen)
21.10.2021 – 20:00 – CC De Brouckere, Torhout
22.10.2021 – 20:00 – CC Het Gasthuis, Aarschot

16.12.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven (voor KU Leuven)
17.12.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven
18.12.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven
20.12.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven (Duitstalige voorstelling)
21.12.2021 – 20:00 – OPEK, Leuven