“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?”
-from ‘Walden’, Henry David Thoreau Inspired by Henry David Thoreau's book of the same name, Jonas Vermeulen writes a new text with Walden for a character who recognizes the evils of the world in his neighbors. Both his left and right neighbor are, according to him, the source of the world's downfall. He sees them straining day after day to find solutions to their problems, to make themselves more comfortable or to have fun, but he questions their activity. After years of behaving himself, he spits his bile and wonders what is wiser: to confront or to withdraw? And does the solution to a more harmonious relationship with our environment lie in taking even more action or is there honor in distancing ourselves? Walden is a solo performance played and written by Jonas Vermeulen. A text written in rhyme, a tirade that flirts with the musicality of Slam Poetry. A whimsical monologue that culminates in a visual performance that brings the peace our environment can offer us.04.10.2023 – De Studio, Antwerpen (première)
05.10.2023 – 20:00 – De Studio, Antwerpen
06.10.2023 – CC De Spil, Roeselare
07.10.2023 – CC De Adelberg, Lommel
11.10.2023 – CC Zwaneberg, Heist-Op-Den-Berg
13.10.2023 – CC Lokeren
18.10.2023 – De Warande (Kuub), Turnhout
21.10.2023 – CC Gravenhof, Hoboken
25.10.2023 – CC De Velinx, Tongeren
26.10.2023 – Mark Liebrechtschouwburg, Mortsel
27.10.2023 – CC De Werf, Aalst
06.11.2023 – CC De Bogaard, St. Truiden
09.11.2023 – CC Muze, Heusden-Zolder
10.11.2023 – CC De Plomblom, Ninove
21.11.2023 – CC Hasselt
23.11.2023 – CC Ter Dilft, Bornem
24.11.2023 – CC Gildhof, Tielt
29.11.2023 – CC Mol
30.11.2023 – CC De Mol, Lier