2008
When not evening night. is a research project by Hester van Hasselt, on the base of the novella Ill Seen Ill Said by Samuel Beckett. In this text Beckett tries to evoke the image of an old woman - possibly his mother - and to put it into words. It is an attempt to map the last days of her life and to reproduce her death.
Starting from her background in language and movement Hester approaches the novella as text and as a choreography. Beckett indicates movement, tempi and lines in the space so carefully that, in the translation to the stage, a very specific image and rythm arise. In When not evening night. Hester examines how the text and its representation can survive next to one another.

Direction: Hester van Hasselt
Performance: Carola Bärtschiger en Jaap ten Holt
Assistence: Roy Peters
Technique: Jeroen van Heijningen
Light advice: Minna Tiikkainen
Thanks to: Cas Enklaar, Igor Dobricic and David Weber-Krebs
Presentations: 6 and 7 March 2008

When not evening night. is a production of LISA in coproduction with hetveem theater and is supported by the Dutch Fund for Performing Arts.