Serge, Marc and Yvan have been friends for fifteen years. Serge occasionally likes to splash out on modern art. Marc doesnt. Yvan doesnt feel strongly either way. Serge buys an all-white painting for 60,000 euros. Marc thinks this is absurd and makes his feelings known. Caught in the middle, Yvan tries to patch things up but actually makes them worse. The question is: will the friendship survive?
Yasmina Reza (°1959) is a French writer and actor. Her father was a Jewish-Iranian engineer of Russian descent, her mother a Jewish-Hungarian violinist. Art, Rezas most famous play, was premièred in Paris on October 28th 1994 and the next year it won the Molière for best playwright and best show in an independent theatre. It has since been translated into thirty-five languages.
Art is of course first and foremost a brilliant tragicomedy, but the increasingly cynical neoliberal discourse about the relevance of art and culture make it punishingly topical once more.
When is art art?
How much should it cost?
Should a country spend money on art?
Should your hobby be subsidized?
In Dutch
text Yasmina Reza
by and with Kuno Bakker, Gillis Biesheuvel and Frank Vercruyssen
coproduction STAN & Dood Paard
lighting design Julian Maywald
production STAN & Dood Paard
premiere 16 October 2014, Campo Nieuwpoort, Ghent
2016
January
Fri 22.01.16
Theater Oostblok
Amsterdam
Sat 23.01.16
Theater Oostblok
Amsterdam
Mon 25.01.16
Toneelhuis
Antwerpen
Tue 26.01.16
Toneelhuis
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February
Sat 13.02.16
Corrosia
Almere
may
Mon 30.05.16 18:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Tue 31.05.16 18:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
2014
october
Thu 16.10.14 20:30
CAMPO Nieuwpoort
Gent
Sat 25.10.14 20:30
De Lieve Vrouw
Amersfoort
Tue 28.10.14 20:30
Grand Theatre
Groningen
Wed 29.10.14 20:30
Grand Theatre
Groningen
november
Sat 01.11.14 20:30
Corrosia
Almere
Tue 11.11.14 20:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Wed 12.11.14 20:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Thu 13.11.14 20:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Fri 14.11.14 20:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Sat 15.11.14 20:30
Frascati
Amsterdam
Tue 18.11.14 20:30
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam
Wed 19.11.14 20:30
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam
Fri 21.11.14 20:30
Toneelschuur
Haarlem
Sat 22.11.14 20:30
Toneelschuur
Haarlem
Tue 25.11.14 14:00
Bronks
Bruxelles
Thu 27.11.14 20:00
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
Fri 28.11.14 20:00
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
Sat 29.11.14 20:00
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
december
Mon 01.12.14 20:15
CC De Bogaard
Sint-Truiden
Wed 03.12.14 20:15
C-mine
Genk
Thu 04.12.14 20:30
De Nieuwe Vorst
Tilburg
Sat 06.12.14 20:30
Theater Ins Blau
Leiden
Tue 09.12.14 20:30
AINSI
Maastricht
Thu 11.12.14 20:30
STUK
Leuven
Fri 12.12.14 20:30
STUK
Leuven
Tue 16.12.14 20:15
Theater aan het Spui
Den Haag
Wed 17.12.14 20:15
Theater aan het Spui
Den Haag
Thu 18.12.14 20:30
Monty
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Fri 19.12.14 20:30
Monty
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