That Night Follows Day
Performance.  2007.  Tim Etchells & Victoria.  Premiere at KunstenFestivalDesArts, Brussels, May 2007

You feed us. You wash us. You dress us. You sing to us. You watch us when we are sleeping. You explain to us the different causes of illness and the different causes of war. You whisper when you think we can’t hear. You explain to us that night follows day.

In response to the request by the Flemish theatre company Victoria to create a performance ‘with children, but for adults’ Tim Etchells is currently developing That Night Follows Day. The work - with a cast of 17 children aged between 8 and 14 - will premiere at the opening of the KunstenFestivalDesArts in Brussels this May 4th – 7th.

That Night Follows Day catalogues the many ways in which the world of children and young people is determined by that of adults. It examines the systems of parenthood, upbringing, discipline, care and welfare that define children’s and adolescents’ worlds as well as turning the spotlight on the actual situation of performance itself.

This piece is the second in a series of Victoria productions with children (but for an adult audience) which started with üBUNG by Josse De Pauw (2001).

CREDITS:
Concept, text and direction: Tim Etchells / Assistant director: Pascale Petralia / With: Tessa Acar, Hannah Bailliu, Michiel Bogaert, Spencer Bogaert, Lina Boudry, Taja Boudry, Tristan Claus, Amber Coone, Tineke De Baere, Florian De Temmerman, Yen Kaci, Lana Lippens, Jérôme Marynissen, Isotta Mergaert, Aswin Van de Cotte, Viktor Van Wynendaele & Ineke Verhaegen / Set Design: Richard Lowdon / Costumes: Ann Weckx / Lighting Design: Nigel Edwards / Artistic Co-ordination: Marika Ingels / Dutch Translation: Catherine Thys, Pascale Petralia & Marika Ingels / Chaperoning: Lotte De Vuyst / Voice training: Françoise Vanhecke / Production Manager: Wim Clapdorp


Produced by Victoria, Gent
Co-produced by Festival D'automne à Paris / Centre Georges Pompidou,
steirischer herbst Graz and Productiehuis Rotterdam.
With the support of KunstenFESTIVALdesArts Brussel, Fierce Earth Birmingham
and Theaterfestival Spielart München