Of Mice and Men14+
In search of a roof for body and soul

George has the brains, Lennie the brawn. Together, they travel from one farm to another to work as hired hands. Their labour serves a dream: to own a farm of their own one day.

But things have a tendency to go wrong for them, and then the two men have to make run for it. Lennie wouldn’t harm a fly, but he is big simpleminded hunk of a man who accidentally crushes everything in his way, simply because of his enormous physical strength. And that includes the small and fragile things he really wants to cherish…

Laika asked Filip Vanluchene to adapt John Steinbeck’s novel about two homeless men desperately in search of a roof over their heads and a home for their hearts. Two years ago Of Mice and Men (Van muizen en mensen) was performed on location. This season, Laika is adapting Of Mice and Men for the theatre.

"Your left, your left, your left, right, left! A twenty-five stone giant, ten feet tall, takes elephant’s jumps, bounding over the half a mile of concrete road leading from the field to the farm. "
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TEXT Filip Vanluchene ADAPTED FROM John Steinbeck DIRECTOR Jo Roets PERFORMERS Jurgen Delnaet, Wine Dierickx en Jur van der Lecq STAGE DESIGN Gert Stas COSTUMES Mieja Hollevoet LIGHTING Rob Van Ertvelde TECHNICIANS Karel Clemminck, Rik Van Gysegem, Anton Van Haver DRAMATURGY Bart Van den Eynde
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December 2004
Wenen
DSCHUNGEL +43 (0)1 522 07 20
Fr17/1220:00
Sa18/1220:00
January 2005
Berchem
CC Berchem 03 286 88 20
Th13/0114:00
Fr14/0114:00, 20:30 Première
Sa15/0120:30
Turnhout
De Warande 014 41 69 91
Mo17/0113:45
Tu18/0113:45, 20:15
Amsterdam
De Krakeling +31 (0)20 62 45 123
Th20/0120:00
Sint-Niklaas
CC Sint-Niklaas 03 778 33 66
Fr21/0114:00, 20:00
Maastricht
Toneelacademie Maastricht +31 (0)43 350 55 55
Mo24/0119:30
Leuven
30CC 016 300 900
Tu25/0114:00
Ninove
CC De Plomblom 054 34 10 01
We26/0120:30
Roeselare
CC De Spil 051 26 57 00
Th27/0113:40
Genk
C-mine 089 65 44 90
Fr28/0114:00
Dilbeek
CC Westrand 02 466 20 30
Mo31/0113:30
February 2005
Dilbeek
CC Westrand 02 466 20 30
Tu01/0213:30
Strombeek-Bever
CC Strombeek 02 263 03 43
We02/0210:00
Dilbeek
CC Westrand 02 466 20 30
We02/0220:30
Tielt
CC Gildhof 051 42 82 20
Fr04/0213:45
Tielt
Theater Malpertuis 051 40 18 45
Fr04/0220:30
Waregem
CC De Schakel 056 62 13 40
Th17/0214:00
Aalst
CC De Werf 053 72 38 11
Mo21/0213:45
Tu22/0213:45
Groningen
Het Kruithuis +31 (0)50 368 0 368
Th24/0220:30
Utrecht
Stadsschouwburg +31 (0)30 230 20 23
Fr25/0220:40
Mechelen
CC Mechelen 015 29 40 00
Sa26/0220:15
Bornem
CC Ter Dilft 03 890 69 30
Mo28/0214:00
March 2005
Heist o/d Berg
CC Zwaneberg 015 25 07 70
Tu01/0314:00
Kortrijk
Schouwburg Kortrijk 056 23 98 55
Mo07/0314:00
Poster