Iedereen Meeuw!

Everybody Seagull! An opera crying out for protest!

Where freedom takes wing,
satire grows beaks,
the seagull preaches,
and humankind is dissected...

In 2024, kleinVerhaal presented an opera by and for the people for the first time. Ten socially engaged arts houses, spread across Brussels and Flanders, mobilised their communities. The group grew into more than 100 performers, writers, musicians, designers and cooks.

After the first work-in-progress presentation at TAZ#25, Everybody Seagull! returns to TAZ#26 with a second version. The official premiere is planned for 2027!

A band of lost souls falls from the sky. What kind of nest have they landed in, and who are those strange birds waiting for them at the table? At its head: a self-proclaimed leader and her right-hand accomplice. They smell of danger! In a world full of rat droppings and cold soup, protest soon begins to bubble up: “The organisation must go overboard, the future is ours!” And yet, above their heads, something large is still waiting — feathered, and with a rotten temper...

Libretto: Fikry El Azzouzi
Composition: Peter Vermeersch
Direction and acting coach: Michiel Soete
Acting coach: Camille Paycha
Music coaches: Bart Maris and Yamen Martini
Costumes: Maartje van Bourgognie
Scenography: Giovanni Vanhoenacker
Graphic workshop: Geert Opsomer
Video: Bárbara Jarque
Sound: Sam Serruys
Orchestra and voices: Jan Oelbrandt, Olga Groppo, Aldo De La Rosa, Jeroen Van Renterghem, Franky Barbaix, Clea Parcerisas, Johan Lingier, Donatella Sala, Annelies Bos, Zurab Sujashvili, Ageeba Kromah, Tom Dewulf, Antoon Kindekens, Tove Verstrepen, Jan Machielsen, Micha Celis and Cinzia Heather Villanueva
Performers: Marijke Dejaeghere, Marino Coolsaet, Jules Rethy, Ahmad Bouchi, Raf Berth, Tine Bevers, Saskia Jacobs, Martine Van Rensbergen, Hanifi Özcan, Inge Goovaerts, ...
Choir: stads[K]oor conducted by Diederik Glorieux

This project is a collaboration between kleinVerhaal, Unie Der Zorgelozen, De Figuranten, Wit.h, Bij’ De Vieze Gasten, Cie Tartaren, Madam Fortuna, TransfoCollect, Atelier Leon, Studio Denkbeeld, De Beelderij, Yellow Art, KAOS vzw and cc De Grote Post.