Jan Lauwers & Needcompany (het TheaterFestival 2016)

A journey through family histories

The idea for The Blind Poet arose when the theatre-maker and artist Jan Lauwers visited the Great Mosque in Cordoba. During the period when Spain was under Moorish rule (711-1031), Cordoba was the commercial and cultural capital of the world. Women were powerful, atheism was normal. Paris was a provincial town and Charlemagne illiterate.

However, history is written by the victors. By men. How many lies, chance meetings and accidents along the way have actually determined our 'history'?
The Blind Poet travels through history via the family trees of all Needcompany's members. And concludes that somehow everyone has a connection with or similarities to someone else. The Blind Poet is about strong women who throw stones and end up on the pyre. About a crusader with a suit of armour that is too small. An infectious mixture of theatre, dance, music and performance.