Inspired by the work and life of Toulouse-Lautrec, the famous French artist/painter who captured the Parisian nightlife on canvas, Roman Van Houtven and Marieke Dermul go into hiding in the hinterland of fashion, nightlife and the emotional hunger of young people.
Club Toulouse…
A club where backstage tells more stories than frontstage.
A club where even the ugliest words sound sexy.
A club where duct tape and stilettos keep people standing. Without those frills they might well fall apart, in fact.
Club Toulouse…
A visual and vibrant show that tries to find answers to gold-glittery-stereotypical-extravagant-gender fluid-pigeonholing-profiling-pressing-status-symbol related questions.
Do you dare to show who you really are?
“Deliciously colouring outside the lines, making firewood of stereotypes and pigeonholing. Club Toulouse is powerful, vulnerable and extremely sultry, with a convincing Roman Van Houtven and Gytha Parmentier on stage.” HET NIEUWSBLAD, G. Van Vliet
About the creators
Roman Van Houtven is a dancer, choreographer, actor and theatre maker. He graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2014, after which he remains involved with Rosas Education as a dance teacher and educational assistant.
Marieke Dermul is a digital storyteller (including VRT) and theatre maker/multidisciplinary performer. She graduated from the Theatre School of Amsterdam in 2014.
Gytha Parmentier completed her Drama course at KASK School of Arts Ghent in 2014. Since then she has mainly been seen in the theatre.
Very little (Dutch) text is used, in our opinion it is also suitable for non-native speakers who do not understand Dutch
Warning: This performance uses a strobe light
Concept, direction Marieke Dermul, Roman Van Houtven
Game Gytha Parmentier, Roman Van Houtven
Coach Randi De Vlieghe
Costumes Ellada Damianou
Music contribution Joeri Cnapelinckx
Light Jeroen Doise
Sound Jonas De Wulf
Technique Koen Demeyere, Jonas De Wulf, Sebastien Van Huffel
Travel technique Jonas De Wulf, Tim Oelbrandt
Production management Gielke Smet
Production Kopergietery & KGbe
This production was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government.
Photo’s: Phile Deprez
Campaign: Athos Burez / Pjotr
Concept, direction Marieke Dermul, Roman Van Houtven
Game Gytha Parmentier, Roman Van Houtven
Coach Randi De Vlieghe
Costumes Ellada Damianou
Music contribution Joeri Cnapelinckx
Light Jeroen Doise
Sound Jonas De Wulf
Technique Koen Demeyere, Jonas De Wulf, Sebastien Van Huffel
Travel technique Jonas De Wulf, Tim Oelbrandt
Production management Gielke Smet
Production Kopergietery & KGbe
This production was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government.
Photo’s: Phile Deprez
Campaign: Athos Burez / Pjotr
