Monkey Sandwich
FOR LUKA
DIRECTION & SCRIPT
Wim Vandekeybus
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Otten
EDITING
Dieter Diependaele
EDITING KÖLN
Octavio Iturbe
PERFORMED BY
Damien Chapelle
CAST FILM
Jerry Killick, Carly Wijs, Davis Freeman, Guy Dermul, Mauro Pawlowski, Bruce Geduldig, Wim Vandekeybus, Janie Gibson, Judith Williquet, Melkorka Sigridur Magnusdottir, Gina Mercelis
Ilknur Bahadir, Simon Eckert, Andreas Grötzinger, Ralf Harster, Anja Herden, Sebastian Kreyer, Anja Laïs, Torsten Peter Schnick, Maik Solbach, Laura Sundermann, Birgit Walter
Niklas Ek
ARTISTIC ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR & DRAMATURGE
Greet Van Poeck
MUSIC
Elko Blijweert
SOUND DESIGN FILM
Charo Calvo ASSISTED BY Pieter Deweirdt
SOUND DESIGN STAGE
Benjamin Dandoy, Antoine Delagoutte
LIGHTING DESIGN STAGE
Francis Gahide, Wim Vandekeybus
ART DIRECTOR FILM
Yves Verstraete
SET DESIGN STAGE
Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez team
STYLING
Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Frédérick Denis
CONSTRUCTION STAGE
Jitske Vandenbussche, Ralf Nonn and KVS atelier
TECHNICAL ADVICE
Ralf Nonn
FIRST ASSISTANT FILM
Johan Seeuws, Soraya Verbeke
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FILM
Tatiana Pierre, Maarten Le Roy
PRODUCTION MANAGER FILM
Katia Renson
SOUND FILM
Thomas Verbruggen, Paul Maernoudt, Blaise Jadoul, Antoine Vandendriessche
DOP SECOND UNIT
Kassim Ahmed
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Jan Dellaert
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Hans Sonneveld, Francis Schrauwen, Fabien Ruyssen, Jan Dellaert, Kassim Ahmed
STEADYCAM
Manu Alberts
GAFFER
Wim Temmerman, Toon Soetewey
ELECTRO
Christophe Vanhoutte, Toon Soetewey, Gideon Van Essen, Jitske Vandenbussche, Florent Bagard
SET DRESSER FILM
David Huys, Peter Schollaert, Niek Delcourt
MAKE UP FILM
Evie Hamels, Barbara Bijelic, An Wastyn
SFX
Peter Soete ASSISTED BY Eric De Wulf, Koen Luypaert, Greg Peeters
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS & CO-COMPOSITION
Joris Caluwaerts
MUSICIANS
Elko Blijweert, Joris Caluwaerts, Simon Lenski, Frans van Isacker, Jeroen Stevens
SECOND ASSISTANT STYLING FILM
Marjolein Bultynck
SECOND ASSISTANT
Caroline de Maeyer
STAGE MANAGER ON TOUR
Jitske Vandenbussche
LIGHTING ENGINEER ON TOUR
Nicolas Olivier, Francis Gahide
SOUND ENGINEER ON TOUR
Benjamin Dandoy, Antoine Delagoutte
SET PHOTOGRAPHER
Pieter-Jan De Pue
STAGE PHOTOGRAPHER
Danny Willems
MAKING OF FILM
Lut Vandekeybus
LOCATION MANAGER
Clay Vervaene, Soraya Verbeke ASSISTED BY Dimitri De Wolf, Toon Vandenbranden, Jeffrey Thijs
CATERING FILM BELGIUM
Eva Maes
EXTRAS FILM BELGIUM
Charlie Mercelis, Peter Kern, Tricky Clauwaert, Seppe Baeyens, Thomas Steyaert, Kevin Trappeniers, Kim Ceysens, Maxime Feyers, Jeroen Goffings, Isabelle De Cannière, Milan Herich, Karolien Polenus, Annastasia Tchernokondratenko, Maryam Kamal Hedayat, Remi Mercelis, Dirk Hendrikx, Robert M Hayden, Goran Petrovic, Peter De Vuyst, Alexander Vantournhout, Laurens Mariën, Robert Grovogui, Isis Guillaume, Epona Guillaume, Séléné Guillaume, Méroé Guillaume, Aliénor Guillaume, Eurydice Guillaume, Denis Guillaume, Valérie Colin, Lawrence Vandamme, Dylan Vandamme, Brandon Vandamme, Nigel Vandamme, Bryan Vandamme, Damon Vandamme, Anouchka De Caluwe, Edwin Vandamme, Mercedes Dassy, Bénédicte Mottart, Julia Gorosito, Nenad Milosevic, Istok Milosevic, Thi-Mai Nguyen, Iago Vandekeybus, Julia Ghysels, Adrien Le Quinquis, Ann Omloop, Lena Omloop, Georgina Teunissen, Denis Couzin, Tom Verstuyf, Ricardo Depine, Carolina Mantovano, Christophe Lagnaux, Ivo Lagnaux, Ana Iommi, Jade Vandenbussche, Berre Vandenbussche, Jorre Vandenbussche, Rune Vandenbussche, Maarten Vandenbussche, Esse Vanderbruggen, Inez Pessoa, Imran Meers, Niki Deschepper, Esra Vandenbussche, Rani Vermeulen, Nahuel Almada, Lander Duerinck, Jonas Duerinck, Maxim Daish-Belay, Fin Reynders, Vladimir Verbeeck, Christopher Herbert, Godfried Wijs, Véronique Huet, Luuk Tekooter, Lowie Kamil Huybrechts, Emiel Demuynck, Aiko Benaouisse, Geert Docx, Isabelle Lhoas
FILM KÖLN
THEATER DIRECTOR SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Karin Beier
DANCE COORDINATION SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Hanna Koller
DRAMATURGE SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Götz Leineweber
FINANCES
Dr. Ralf Hertling
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Sebastian Kreyer
ARTISTIC PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION
Sabine Döring, Ulrike Köhler, Britta Marx
TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Joachim Idel, Martin Kammann
STAGE MANAGER
Siegfried Glania, Bernd Kierblewski, Daniel Kreutz
CHIEF LIGHTING
Jürgen Kapitein
LICHTING ENGINEER
Ercan Karabulut
MACHINES
Edmund Weber
COSTUMES SUPERVISOR
Manuela Martinez-Besse
COSTUMES ASSISTENT
Sophie Mende
KEY COSTUMER
Elke Mückter
COSTUME STANDBY
Mariann Basa, Miriam Peters
MAKE UP SUPERVISOR
Fred Gross
MAKE UP
André Beck, Anette Offner, Bettina Kohlhaas, Ulrike Kroll
PROPS SUPERVISOR
Horst Sülzen
PROPS
Marie Müller, Jörg Schneider, Tanja Watzlawczik
THANKS TO
the Opera of Cologne and the Rheinischen Rebellen
FILM SWEDEN
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Madeleine von Sivers
FOCUS PULLER
Mattias Andersson
GAFFER
Dan Svan
SOUND
Bengt Säll
LOCATION MANAGER
Christian Rudheim
DESIGN ICE
Kenneth Jansson
SAFETY ICE
Mats Ljungberg
POSTPRODUCTION FILM
LAB
Studio l’Equipe
GRADING
Nicolas Billy (Condor)
ONLINE
Herman Germeijs (Condor)
POST PRODUCTION PRODUCERS
Greet Van Thillo & Katrien Van den Brande (Condor)
SOUNDSTUDIO
Sen Studio
SOUND MIXING:
Senjan Jansen
SUBTITLES
The Subtitling Company
SUPPLIERS FILM
FAKE BELLY
Rob’s Propshop
WEAPONS
Wapenhandel Podevijn
JIB
TVH Rental
FILM INSURANCE
BCOH
LIGHT EQUIPMENT
Lites
GRIP EQUIPMENT
Ciné Qua Non
FILM STOCK
Kodak
PRODUCTION FILM
Monodot / Ultima Vez
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE
Ultima Vez
CO-PRODUCTION
KVS (Brussels, BE), Schauspiel Köln (Cologne, DE)
THANKS TO
Thi-Mai NGuyen, Iñaki Azpillaga, Johan Van Looy, Elko Blijweert, Taverne Kallebeek, Marc Lampo (Deme), Marc Steens (Dour Festival), Bob Vanwayenbergh, Mauro Pawlowski, Walter Van Cleynenbreugel, Kathy Haemers, Jurgen Hermans, Jan & Magda Franken, Ilse Joos, Joëlle Dussennne (Commune de Viroinval - Service des Affaires du Bien-Etre & Secrétariat de l'administration), François Delacre (Chef de Cantonnement de Viroinval), Service de police et au Département Nature et Forêts de Viroinval, Patrick Clauwaert, the people from block 51, Halewijnlaan LO and petit Lou.
ULTIMA VEZ IS SUPPORTED BY
the Flemish Authorities & the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region (BE)
THE STORIES IN MONKEY SANDWICH ARE URBAN MYTHS OR STORIES CREATED WITH OR BY THE ACTORS.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY ‘MISSEN’ FROM ‘MISSCHIEN WISTEN ZIJ ALLES’ BY TOON TELLEGEN (QUERIDO).
Film plays a significant part in Monkey Sandwich. Yet it is utterly characteristic of Vandekeybus: the distinctive energy and visual power splatter off the silver screen. The whole landscape dances. On stage we see the young performer Damien Chapelle. In an ingenious interaction with the film, he flits around, swinging between loneliness and happiness, in the process creating a world of his own. Sometimes it's manic-euphoric, sometimes vulnerable, helpless and questing, just like the characters projected over his head, with whom he vainly attempts to make contact.
Monkey Sandwich is a tangle of stories. From the hilarious opening scenes to the lies of the theatre and the madness of leadership, such universal themes as solitude and loss rise to the surface.
Vandekeybus weaves all this masterfully into a captivating trip and succeeds marvellously in his ambitious intention of fusing film and living performance art.
In 2011 the film Monkey Sandwich was released seperately. Have a look at the website.
FOR LUKA
DIRECTION & SCRIPT
Wim Vandekeybus
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Otten
EDITING
Dieter Diependaele
EDITING KÖLN
Octavio Iturbe
PERFORMED BY
Damien Chapelle
CAST FILM
Jerry Killick, Carly Wijs, Davis Freeman, Guy Dermul, Mauro Pawlowski, Bruce Geduldig, Wim Vandekeybus, Janie Gibson, Judith Williquet, Melkorka Sigridur Magnusdottir, Gina Mercelis
Ilknur Bahadir, Simon Eckert, Andreas Grötzinger, Ralf Harster, Anja Herden, Sebastian Kreyer, Anja Laïs, Torsten Peter Schnick, Maik Solbach, Laura Sundermann, Birgit Walter
Niklas Ek
ARTISTIC ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR & DRAMATURGE
Greet Van Poeck
MUSIC
Elko Blijweert
SOUND DESIGN FILM
Charo Calvo ASSISTED BY Pieter Deweirdt
SOUND DESIGN STAGE
Benjamin Dandoy, Antoine Delagoutte
LIGHTING DESIGN STAGE
Francis Gahide, Wim Vandekeybus
ART DIRECTOR FILM
Yves Verstraete
SET DESIGN STAGE
Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez team
STYLING
Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Frédérick Denis
CONSTRUCTION STAGE
Jitske Vandenbussche, Ralf Nonn and KVS atelier
TECHNICAL ADVICE
Ralf Nonn
FIRST ASSISTANT FILM
Johan Seeuws, Soraya Verbeke
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FILM
Tatiana Pierre, Maarten Le Roy
PRODUCTION MANAGER FILM
Katia Renson
SOUND FILM
Thomas Verbruggen, Paul Maernoudt, Blaise Jadoul, Antoine Vandendriessche
DOP SECOND UNIT
Kassim Ahmed
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Jan Dellaert
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Hans Sonneveld, Francis Schrauwen, Fabien Ruyssen, Jan Dellaert, Kassim Ahmed
STEADYCAM
Manu Alberts
GAFFER
Wim Temmerman, Toon Soetewey
ELECTRO
Christophe Vanhoutte, Toon Soetewey, Gideon Van Essen, Jitske Vandenbussche, Florent Bagard
SET DRESSER FILM
David Huys, Peter Schollaert, Niek Delcourt
MAKE UP FILM
Evie Hamels, Barbara Bijelic, An Wastyn
SFX
Peter Soete ASSISTED BY Eric De Wulf, Koen Luypaert, Greg Peeters
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS & CO-COMPOSITION
Joris Caluwaerts
MUSICIANS
Elko Blijweert, Joris Caluwaerts, Simon Lenski, Frans van Isacker, Jeroen Stevens
SECOND ASSISTANT STYLING FILM
Marjolein Bultynck
SECOND ASSISTANT
Caroline de Maeyer
STAGE MANAGER ON TOUR
Jitske Vandenbussche
LIGHTING ENGINEER ON TOUR
Nicolas Olivier, Francis Gahide
SOUND ENGINEER ON TOUR
Benjamin Dandoy, Antoine Delagoutte
SET PHOTOGRAPHER
Pieter-Jan De Pue
STAGE PHOTOGRAPHER
Danny Willems
MAKING OF FILM
Lut Vandekeybus
LOCATION MANAGER
Clay Vervaene, Soraya Verbeke ASSISTED BY Dimitri De Wolf, Toon Vandenbranden, Jeffrey Thijs
CATERING FILM BELGIUM
Eva Maes
EXTRAS FILM BELGIUM
Charlie Mercelis, Peter Kern, Tricky Clauwaert, Seppe Baeyens, Thomas Steyaert, Kevin Trappeniers, Kim Ceysens, Maxime Feyers, Jeroen Goffings, Isabelle De Cannière, Milan Herich, Karolien Polenus, Annastasia Tchernokondratenko, Maryam Kamal Hedayat, Remi Mercelis, Dirk Hendrikx, Robert M Hayden, Goran Petrovic, Peter De Vuyst, Alexander Vantournhout, Laurens Mariën, Robert Grovogui, Isis Guillaume, Epona Guillaume, Séléné Guillaume, Méroé Guillaume, Aliénor Guillaume, Eurydice Guillaume, Denis Guillaume, Valérie Colin, Lawrence Vandamme, Dylan Vandamme, Brandon Vandamme, Nigel Vandamme, Bryan Vandamme, Damon Vandamme, Anouchka De Caluwe, Edwin Vandamme, Mercedes Dassy, Bénédicte Mottart, Julia Gorosito, Nenad Milosevic, Istok Milosevic, Thi-Mai Nguyen, Iago Vandekeybus, Julia Ghysels, Adrien Le Quinquis, Ann Omloop, Lena Omloop, Georgina Teunissen, Denis Couzin, Tom Verstuyf, Ricardo Depine, Carolina Mantovano, Christophe Lagnaux, Ivo Lagnaux, Ana Iommi, Jade Vandenbussche, Berre Vandenbussche, Jorre Vandenbussche, Rune Vandenbussche, Maarten Vandenbussche, Esse Vanderbruggen, Inez Pessoa, Imran Meers, Niki Deschepper, Esra Vandenbussche, Rani Vermeulen, Nahuel Almada, Lander Duerinck, Jonas Duerinck, Maxim Daish-Belay, Fin Reynders, Vladimir Verbeeck, Christopher Herbert, Godfried Wijs, Véronique Huet, Luuk Tekooter, Lowie Kamil Huybrechts, Emiel Demuynck, Aiko Benaouisse, Geert Docx, Isabelle Lhoas
FILM KÖLN
THEATER DIRECTOR SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Karin Beier
DANCE COORDINATION SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Hanna Koller
DRAMATURGE SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Götz Leineweber
FINANCES
Dr. Ralf Hertling
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN
Sebastian Kreyer
ARTISTIC PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION
Sabine Döring, Ulrike Köhler, Britta Marx
TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Joachim Idel, Martin Kammann
STAGE MANAGER
Siegfried Glania, Bernd Kierblewski, Daniel Kreutz
CHIEF LIGHTING
Jürgen Kapitein
LICHTING ENGINEER
Ercan Karabulut
MACHINES
Edmund Weber
COSTUMES SUPERVISOR
Manuela Martinez-Besse
COSTUMES ASSISTENT
Sophie Mende
KEY COSTUMER
Elke Mückter
COSTUME STANDBY
Mariann Basa, Miriam Peters
MAKE UP SUPERVISOR
Fred Gross
MAKE UP
André Beck, Anette Offner, Bettina Kohlhaas, Ulrike Kroll
PROPS SUPERVISOR
Horst Sülzen
PROPS
Marie Müller, Jörg Schneider, Tanja Watzlawczik
THANKS TO
the Opera of Cologne and the Rheinischen Rebellen
FILM SWEDEN
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Madeleine von Sivers
FOCUS PULLER
Mattias Andersson
GAFFER
Dan Svan
SOUND
Bengt Säll
LOCATION MANAGER
Christian Rudheim
DESIGN ICE
Kenneth Jansson
SAFETY ICE
Mats Ljungberg
POSTPRODUCTION FILM
LAB
Studio l’Equipe
GRADING
Nicolas Billy (Condor)
ONLINE
Herman Germeijs (Condor)
POST PRODUCTION PRODUCERS
Greet Van Thillo & Katrien Van den Brande (Condor)
SOUNDSTUDIO
Sen Studio
SOUND MIXING:
Senjan Jansen
SUBTITLES
The Subtitling Company
SUPPLIERS FILM
FAKE BELLY
Rob’s Propshop
WEAPONS
Wapenhandel Podevijn
JIB
TVH Rental
FILM INSURANCE
BCOH
LIGHT EQUIPMENT
Lites
GRIP EQUIPMENT
Ciné Qua Non
FILM STOCK
Kodak
PRODUCTION FILM
Monodot / Ultima Vez
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE
Ultima Vez
CO-PRODUCTION
KVS (Brussels, BE), Schauspiel Köln (Cologne, DE)
THANKS TO
Thi-Mai NGuyen, Iñaki Azpillaga, Johan Van Looy, Elko Blijweert, Taverne Kallebeek, Marc Lampo (Deme), Marc Steens (Dour Festival), Bob Vanwayenbergh, Mauro Pawlowski, Walter Van Cleynenbreugel, Kathy Haemers, Jurgen Hermans, Jan & Magda Franken, Ilse Joos, Joëlle Dussennne (Commune de Viroinval - Service des Affaires du Bien-Etre & Secrétariat de l'administration), François Delacre (Chef de Cantonnement de Viroinval), Service de police et au Département Nature et Forêts de Viroinval, Patrick Clauwaert, the people from block 51, Halewijnlaan LO and petit Lou.
ULTIMA VEZ IS SUPPORTED BY
the Flemish Authorities & the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region (BE)
THE STORIES IN MONKEY SANDWICH ARE URBAN MYTHS OR STORIES CREATED WITH OR BY THE ACTORS.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY ‘MISSEN’ FROM ‘MISSCHIEN WISTEN ZIJ ALLES’ BY TOON TELLEGEN (QUERIDO).