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VALENTIJN DHAENENS
(1976 - )Nationality: Belgian
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Literary Agent: Richard Jordan Productions
Valentijn Dhaenens was born on November 28, 1976 in Gent, Belgium. Valentijn co-founded his own theatre company, Skagen. From 2006, the company has been rewarded with structural subsidy from the Flemish/Belgian Government for their work as one of the leading modern theatre groups in Belgium and Holland. Since 2000, Valentijn has worked mostly in theatre with over 30 productions and also film and television
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BigmoutH Pardon / In Cuffs SmallWaRBigmoutH
He who picks his words well can turn the weakest argument into the strongest. Valentijn Dhaenens pays tribute to 2,500 years of oration. Using fragments of well-known speeches, he shows that the tricks of the trade hardly changed. He who picks his words well can turn the weakest argument into the strongest. the absolute truth doesn't exist. It is just a pretty lie for those who desire world power, or just the hand of their beloved. Some of the speeches are painfully personal and some are painfully embarrassing. But all of them are extremely clarifying . . . BigMouth presents itself as an indispensable lesson in oratory' (Knack Magazine).
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1st Produced:
Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
20 Aug 2012
Organisations:
SKaGeN, Stuk and De Tijd
1st Published:
Oberon Books (2014) >>> 978-1783191697
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political, solo show 60 min
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Male: 1 Female: - Other: -
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Much is at stake for those who've just been caught in the act: either a judgement will be passed or they'll have a lucky escape. From the creators of BigMouth and SmallWar, and inspired by the documentaries of award-winning Magnum photographer Raymond Depardon, Pardon / In Cuffs unravels the complex relationship between culprit and judge. Through a series of tense exchanges on one side sits a criminal: fighting, lying, begging. On the other side: a public prosecutor in their nightly routine, representing society, reaching verdicts. A story of little people clashing with massive structures.
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1st Produced:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
06 Aug 2015
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SKaGeN
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drama 80 min
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When clean souls boil up in the backwash, they will consolidate after the final war, into a peace that shall endure. . .but not till then. By examining the things cast up in the backwash, we can gauge the progress of humanity' (Ellen Newbold-La-Motte, nurse in a field hospital 1914, a field station behind the front lines). A nurse, maintaining watchful vigil over patients as fragments of past wars lurk within the shadows. From the creators of BigMouth, SmallWar tells the story in the words of those who were there and led the way, and crucially, those who followed.
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1st Produced:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
03 Aug 2014
Organisations:
SKaGeN, Richard Jordan Productions, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Big in Belgium
1st Published:
Oberon Books (2014) >>> 978-1783191697
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Genre:
Multimedia, New writing, 1 hour 10 minutes
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 1 Other: voiceovers
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