Club Gewalt goes musical. Why? Because it’s necessary.
Science made it official. Together with this entire clump of rock & soil, we have entered a new geological era in which Man is the biggest influence on the earth’s surface: the Anthropocene. And we = fucked. Anthropocene, the Musical is a musical on steroids, that turns to our last resort in this ecological crisis: making its complexity bearable through a showstopping epos with song and dance.
Science made it official. Together with this entire clump of rock & soil, we have entered a new geological era in which Man is the biggest influence on the earth’s surface: the Anthropocene. And we = fucked. Anthropocene, the Musical is a musical on steroids, that turns to our last resort in this ecological crisis: making its complexity bearable through a showstopping epos with song and dance.
In an exhilarating opening-song that would make Walt Disney jealous, Man sings of the beautiful Dutch landscape; the flower bulb fields, the polder meadows, the dams. But then suddenly a dyke bursts open and ruins the delightful tunes. Ocean makes her entrance to ring all the alarms: natural resources are running out, climates are flipping, according to the latest calculations so-called tipping points will be reached within the next eight to eleven years and David Attenborough already made a documentary that says farewell to our beloved Gaia. With the help of his new friends the Jellyfish, Man decides to step up and starts slapping together a bit of innovating geo-engineering. But will it be enough to prevent an apocalypse?
concept - Club Gewalt performance - Loulou Hameleers, Robbert Klein, Suzanne Kipping, Gerty Van de Perre, Amir Vahidi, Lucas Schilperoort music - Amir Vahidi & Robbert Klein direction - Sanna Elon Vrij co-direction - Marcel Sijm text - Anne van de Wetering text advice - Joachim Robbrecht translation - Mari Meyer costum design - Bas Kosters Studio technical coördination - André Goos sound - Joris van Oosterhout recording & mixing - Justin Schellekens mastering - Alex Geurink In coproduction with - O. Met steun van: Fonds Podiumkunsten, gemeente Rotterdam, Fonds21
