In '_The Hangout', a spirit guide invites audience members to explore the video game together through casual conversation. While some visitors actively participate, others observe both the projected gameplay and the players, creating a theatrical and cinematic experience in real time. The full game unfolds over three hours, and visitors are free to enter, leave, and participate at any moment.
'Plum Road Tea Dream' exists in different forms, including a performance, a video game, and an exhibition. Presented as part of The Image Generator, '_The Hangout' functions as an open format and research laboratory in which new elements can emerge and the work continues to evolve. This presentation marks the first public iteration of the project.
Concept: Samuel Baidoo
Co-writing: Fran Vincent
Performers: Zindzi Tillot Owusu / Sara Lâm & guests
Music: Dimitra Sofroniou, Maria Muehombo / MIMI, Tsubasa Hori, Ciska Vanhoyland
Dramaturgy: Stine Sampers
Outside eye: Marie Umuhoza
Light Design: Ellie Bryce
Technical support: Jurgen Fonteijn
Foto/photo: Ilias Teirlinck
Creation videogame: Pepijn Willekens, Ewout De Vos, Diego Fabri, Jenna Van Wezemael, Nathan Goffin, SONDI, Matthias Willemen, Jira Duguid, Che Go Eun, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Salina De Donder, Ricardo Gomes, Hussein Shikha, Dani Santander, Jedidjah Julia Noomen, Esmeralda Hoffman
Assistance scenography: Hanne Holvoet
Costume: Marianne Bierbooms
Text editing: nick von kleist
Production: Myrthe Bokelmann
Produced by: Hanafubuki vzw & Marie Luyten
Distribution: Good Company
Production videogame: Reveal Game Studio
Funded by: The Flemish Government, Taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government via UFund and Creative Europe project Digital On Stage
In coproduction with: Perpodium, C-Takt, De Brakke Grond, De Singel, workspacebrussels,
With the support of VAi, Het Bos, Campo, De Studio, STUK, De Grote Post, wpZimmer, STORMOPKOMST, CC Brugge, 0090, Sybil Berlin, MORPHO
Guestsperformers during creationprocess: Stephanie Collingwood Williams, Pierre Bayet, Marie Umuhoza, Ruben Mardulier, Sofie Velghe, Audrey Merilus, Milan Vandierendonck, Mischa Dols, Abbie Boutkabout, Maryam Sserwamukoko, Freek De Craecker, Meron Verbelen, Sari Veroustraete, Esther Vandenbroele
Design tablets ‘New Gods Generator 3000’: Bianca Neyre, Giorgi Urusmadze, Gwen Verlinden, Hanne Holvoet, Kaori Ishiguro, Lola Bogaert, Manu Garcia, Mischiko Salia, Nona Sadey, Samuel Baidoo, Sari Veroustraete, Tamayo Okano, Valeria Secchi, Clais Lemmens Boon, Ingrid Van Samang, Esth Fantuzzi, Yasmin Van der Rauwelaert, Priss Niinikoski, Caroline Dumalin
Dreamers 'Dream Garden / Asklepieion': Ben Baidoo, Nenna Nnamoko, Sara Lâm, Ánima O. Cassamajor, Zindzi Tillot Owusu, Samuel Baidoo, Fran Vincent, Manu Garcia, Che Go Eun, Shamisa Debroey, Dani Santander, Meron Verbelen
Thanks to: Eva Willemen, Dagmar Blommaert, Marleen Grauls, Chris Hanney, Nikima Jagudajev, Jan Willekens, Maxim Delaere, Marianne Grauls
