Pieces of Work is the second publication of theatre work by Ontroerend Goed. The book bundles five creations from the period 2014-2018. Five radically different performances, connected through an urge to question traditional forms, to challenge and surprise the audience and to create conceptual theatre that makes one think and feel at the same time. Pieces of Work translates these five live experiences into a varied reading experience. Text and graphic design go hand in hand to allow the reader to relive each of these five shows in their own specific way and to deepen these experiences.
From the pre-#metoo exploration of contemporary feminism in Sirens, the palindrome-performance Are we not drawn onward to new erA, which sheds light on the human responsibility for the life on earth back to front, the dystopic fantasy of a world without people in World Without Us, to the exciting interactive casino of £¥€$, which exposes the internal machinations of the financial world, and the poetic ode to routine Loopstation - Pieces of Work takes the reader on a journey along the most recent work of an international company that keeps reinventing itself.
Pieces of Work is published by the renowned British publishing house Oberon. All performances were created by Ontroerend Goed, adaptation and editing by Joeri Smet, in collaboration with Alexander Devriendt, graphic design by Nick Mattan and Mieke Hooghe.
The first book, All Work And No Plays, is still available as well.
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Ontroerend Goed have already broken all the rules in theatre, now they’re breaking all the rules in literature.
theaterfestival.be - Liam Rees
