Sa 29.08.26
- Ghent (BE), Studio laGeste - Bijloke Wonderland
Macc(h)abées
Sophie Warnant | cie Sujet Barré
"Sometimes it seems as if a performance remains tucked away, held back and hidden,
to protect it from the excessive and overwhelming violence of the outside world …
Macc(h)abées by Sophie Warnant is just such a gem.
I saw this intimate prayer in Studio laGeste and it stayed with me
for a long time afterwards, even as I simply had to step back into the world.
Highly recommended for anyone who wishes to accept this fragile gift,
so generously offered by a unique performer."
Alain Platel
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Sophie Warnant, originally from Wallonia but now a Brussels resident, is one of those rare actors who also holds her own as a dancer. She doesn’t just do a little dance here and there, but, as a choreographer, distils a wealth of research into one of the most refined yet emotionally charged solos of recent years.
Visual artist Berlinde de Bruyckere was so impressed that she programmed the solo at the Drongenhof Chapel.
However macabre the title Macc(h)abées may sound, it roughly translates as ‘the corpses’, the solo is anything but frightening. Warnant throws herself into the challenge of combating transience, a battle she is doomed to lose, yet one she faces with extraordinary courage and an almost boundless vulnerability.
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concept, choreography, performance Sophie Warnant
artistic collaboration Romain David, Wim Lots
assistant director and costumes Esther Denis
design et sewingDorian Cleves, Alice Rourou
direction Philippe Kariger
scenography Léo De Nijs
choreographic assistent Marco Labellarte
dramaturgical support Karel Vanhaesebrouck
travel partners Pierlot, Romain Vaillant
production compagnie Sujet Barré, production déléguée Atelier 210
co-production le Rideau de Bruxelles, le Théâtre de la Joliette – Marseille, le Théâtre Jean-Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod
support and residencies Quai 41, le CORRIDOR, la Compagnie Point Zéro, le Kopergieterij, le Théâtre des DOMS, laGeste, le Théâtre La Cité / Marseille, le Théâtre Varia, la Maison de la Culture de Tournai
with the help of Théâtre&public
with the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service général de la création artistique, taxshelter.be, ING et le Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge
thanks to Yannick Cossard voor de Association Régionale de Concertation sur les Soins Palliatifs du Hainaut Occidental ARCSPHO, de verpleegsters van de palliatieve zorg en oncologie van Chapwi (Centre Hospitalier de Wallonie Picarde), Dr. Dopchie, Sophie, het team van psychologen en begeleiders van het centrum voor zelfmoordpreventie, Yoan Cecco, Karine - Thanatopractrice, Dr. Wim Distelmans, Dr. Luc Sauveur. Dank aan Berlinde De Bruyckere. Dank aan Dr. François Damas, Françoise Bloch, Serafina Cutaia, Camille de Leu, Hildegard Devuyst, Isabelle Gyselinx, Gorges Ocloo, Alain Platel, Raven Ruëll, Frouke Van Gheluwe, Yaël Steinmann, Brigitte van den Bosch.
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Su 30.08.26
- Ghent (BE), Studio laGeste - Bijloke Wonderland
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when 29 & 30 August 2026 at 20.30 as part of Bijloke Wonderland 2026
where Studio laGeste | Bijlokekaai , 9000 Ghent
duration 50 minutes (without break)
tickets €12 via Bijloke Wonderland
language no language
accessibility Studio laGeste is wheelchair accessible
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©Kurt Van der Elst
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'The result of all these explorations is equally unique. Warnant did not process them in a conventional documentary or textual way, but through the body. She almost literally ‘embodies’ her subject: year after year, she has allowed all the knowledge and emotions she has acquired to sink into her body, only to bring them back out on stage now in a completely different form.'