Vondels Angels
The fallen angels from Vondel’s Lucifer return from hell. Lucifer is Joost van den Vondel’s 17th-century play in which angels rebel against God and are banished. In Vondel’s Angels, Het Zuidelijk Toneel, Sarah Moeremans and Joachim Robbrecht explore what their rebellion means today, in a world still struggling with responsibility and power.
Duration tbc
Genre Theatre
Language Dutch
The big comeback of Lucifer
In Vondel’s Angels, Sarah Moeremans and Joachim Robbrecht descend into hell with the full ensemble, armed with helmets and headlamps. From the fire, they retrieve the banished angels from Vondel’s Lucifer. They were cast out for rebelling against God’s decision to place humankind above them.-|-
Four centuries later, humanity seems to have once again abandoned its responsibility. With fiery language, sharp questions and dark humour, the angels reclaim their position against God, morality and human failure. The result is an energetic performance in which myth and contemporary reality collide.
About the makers
Sarah Moeremans and Joachim Robbrecht collaborate on a distinctive re-reading of classical repertoire. Their work often starts from existing texts, which they dismantle and reposition within a contemporary context. Vondel’s Angels fits within this approach, combining satire, philosophical inquiry and playful theatricality.
Credits
direction Sarah Moeremans
text Joachim Robbrecht
cast Joep van der Geest, Alicia Boedhoe, Louis van der Waal, Julia Ghysels,
Gillis Biesheuvel, Keja Klaasje Kwestro-|-
sound design Wessel Schrik
set design Johanna Trudzinski
photography Sofie Knijff
