Donkisjot

I got the opportunity to work with the theatre company 'Theater Stap'.
Theater Stap is a very special theatre company. Unique, in the sense that it's a daycare centre for mentally disabled patients in which the dramatic arts play a central role.
The company offers a professional setting in which the performances take place.
The basis for Theater Stap is a concept of equality, which maintains that mentally disabled people with acting talent must be allowed to develop it...
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I got the opportunity to work with the theatre company 'Theater Stap'.
Theater Stap is a very special theatre company. Unique, in the sense that it's a daycare centre for mentally disabled patients in which the dramatic arts play a central role.
The company offers a professional setting in which the performances take place.
The basis for Theater Stap is a concept of equality, which maintains that mentally disabled people with acting talent must be allowed to develop it completely.
From this viewpoint they also have a lot to offer as cultural producers.

They produce performances in the regular theatrical circuit and always work with other professional actors and directors.
Donkisjot is an adaptation of the famous play 'Don Quichote' and was placed in a circus setting.

I got to follow all the actors backstage in Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven and Ieper.
Seppe, deaf and mute, very expressive, showing the many rings on his hands.
An the true diva.
Peter, confident, with his butterfly wings backstage and ready to perform.
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