DON QUIXOTE

Nona Demey Gallagher uses an iconic character to build a wilful universe in which humour and social critique collide with an unbridled imagination.

For the first time, Nona Demey Gallagher takes on a classic from the repertoire: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The story of a wandering knight who, driven by courtly ideals, mistakes windmills for giants grew into one of the best-known novels in world literature.

This theatrical retelling departs from an adaptation by the experimental punk author Kathy Acker. Acker's novel Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream (1986) turns the Spanish gentleman into an American dreamer searching for love in a loveless society. Together with writer Jana Antonissen, Gallagher distils from it a contemporary quest in which dreams are not an escape from reality, but a way of distorting it.

CREDITS

Concept & direction: Nona Demey Gallagher
Cast: Gene Bervoets, Zita Windey, Lotte Vanhamel, Jonathan Kazanga Linga, Fiene Zasada, Romy Louise Lauwers
Text: Jana Antonissen
Dramaturgy: Dina Dooreman
Music: Bart Demey and Tania Gallagher (Nid & Sancy)
Set design: Daniela Zorrozua
Production: KVS
With the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government

PERFORMANCE DATES

17 Mar 2027 – Brussels, KVS BOL – 20:00
18 Mar 2027 – Brussels, KVS BOL – 20:00
19 Mar 2027 – Brussels, KVS BOL – 20:00
20 Mar 2027 – Brussels, KVS BOL – 18:00
1 Apr 2027 – Ghent, VIERNULVIER – 20:00
2 Apr 2027 – Ghent, VIERNULVIER – 20:00
28 May 2027 – Antwerp, deSingel – 20:00
29 May 2027 – Antwerp, deSingel – 20:00
Tour 2028–2029 TBA