Jozef Wouters

Name: Jozef Wouters — A Day is a Hundred Years
Start: 2026-09-25T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-25T20:20:00+02:00
Location: Minardschouwburg

A Day is a Hundred Years

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Thu 24.09

20:30 - 21:50

Minardschouwburg, Gent

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Fri 25.09

19:00 - 20:20

Minardschouwburg, Gent

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A poetic visual fable like only Jozef Wouters can create

Scenographer and theatre maker Jozef Wouters always responds to a built reality. In 'A Day is a Hundred Years' he interweaves the story of Decoratelier, his workspace in Brussels, with that of its janitor Barry Ahmad Talib, an artist from Sagale (Guinea). Jozef has shared his atelier with Barry since 2019. For 'A Day is a Hundred Years', he also shared his work by cutting thousands of leaves out of fabric for Barry’s tree sculptures. During this patient and time-consuming activity, their conversations created a kind of fusion between Sagale and Brussels. A place that is neither here nor there, but somewhere in between.

Placing the façade of Decoratelier front and center, A Day is a Hundred Years dramatizes the mediation between open and closed, private and public, that plays a vital role in our urban interactions. By combining traditional theatrical techniques, such as perspectivist illusions, with a turning stage and a cast composed mostly of technicians, a space is formed that allows the perspective to shift constantly. In this shifting gaze, the piece spins out into an urban design plan in the form of a simple fable.

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2026 - 27 | PODIUM

"Hoewel een mix van scenografie en performancekunst niet de meest voor de hand liggende vorm van theater is, is dit een bijna meditatief stuk om naar te kijken"

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Credits

Text, direction, scenography: Jozef Wouters - Artistic collaborators: Barry Ahmad Talib, Michiel Soete - Performance: Barry Ahmad Talib, Jozef Wouters, Maya Dhondt - Technical direction: Menno Vandevelde - Lighting design and music composition: Michiel Soete - Dramaturgy (creation 2023): Bryana Fritz - Dramaturgy (remake 2025): Sodja Lotker - Costume design: Lila John - Inside eye: Enzo Smits - Created in collaboration with: Micha Goldberg, Naomi Lilith Quashie, Kamal Tall, Maya Dhondt - Built by: Decoratelier, Brussels (Builders: Jamy Hollebeke, Willem Rys, Jan Rymenants, Remco Wuyts, Vic Van den Bossche) - Stage: Tom De Langhe, Jeff Verschueren - Sound: Wout Clarysse - Lighting: Sarah Feyen - Production management: Vincent Focquet, Michiel Soete, Marie Umuhoza - Interns: Sophie Bax, Chloé Tempelhof, Freek Willems, Margo Van Lancker - Production: Damaged Goods - Co-production: Toneelhuis (Antwerp), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Perpodium - With the support of: the Flemish Government, the Flemish Community Commission, and the tax shelter scheme of the Belgian federal government via BNPPFFF - Many thanks to: Kaaitheater, DE SINGEL