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MANU

De Herontdekking van de Hemel
het TheaterFestival
  • Fri 05.09
    07:00
    NTGent schouwburg
    Sint-Baafsplein 17
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In the beginning was the word. And the end was lost. In this concert of sentences, Manu van Kersbergen takes language as his point of departure. Language as a collective archive. Language as a key. And also: language as a tool to bend reality to your will.

In The Rediscovery of Heaven, Manu not only reinvents himself as an artist, but also his craft. Words hold value in the becoming of our world. They connect us, but often also divide us.

This Rediscovery is an intense crossover between spoken word and composition. Developed by Manu and music collective .multibeat. An experimental quest for a new language.

With this work, Manu has been nominated for the Annie M.G. Schmidt Prize. The performance has been selected by the Theatre Jury (2025).


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‘’Als een baken van licht weet Van Kersbergen je keer op keer met zijn emotionele teksten, zelfreflectie en diepe stem te troosten.’’

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Text and performance: Manu van Kersbergen - Composition: multibeat - Direction: José Montoya - Sound: Niels Ermstrang - Lighting: Merel Verwaijen - Production: Paradiso Melkweg Production House - Marketing: DOX - Agency: George Visser - Poster image: Pepeditss