In a tour de force performance, Valentijn Dhaenens pays tribute to 2,500 years of oration. Ingeniously weaving together fragments of seminal speeches from the Grand Inquisitor and Socrates, to Muhammad Ali and Osama Bin Laden, BigMouth shows that the language of power and the tricks of the rhetorical trade have 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.

With five microphones on a bare set, his voice and indefatigable energy, Dhaenens traverses sermons declarations of war, farewells, final arguments, victory speeches and eulogies from across time. Bigmouth has captivated audiences in Belgium and the Netherlands. SKaGeN follows hot on the heels of Ontroerend Goed as one of the most exciting European companies to come to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ‘Five microphones, one voice, and his talent. This is all actor Valentijn Dhaenens needs to make the monologue ‘Bigmouth’ an original and, above all, convincing piece of theater.’ De Volkskrant (Netherlands)

In Dutch, French, German, and English with English supertitles.

Dates:
10 Jan at 7:00 pm
11 Jan at 10:00 pm
12 Jan at 2:30 pm
13 Jan at 9:30 pm
15 Jan at 10:00 pm
16 Jan at 9:30 pm
17 Jan at 7:00 pm
18 Jan at 1:30 pm

Flanders House is giving away 10x2 tickets to the performance on Sunday, January 12 at 2:30 PM at The Public Theater. Please confirm your and your guest's attendance by providing us with both names at rsvp6@flandershouse.org (first come, first served).