The past that haunts a family: "The things that pass" by Ivo van Hove
© Jan Versweyveld A wide corridor-like void in the middle of the playing area that goes deep backwards. The void gets twice as deep with the reflection in the mirror covering the very back. It is as if the depth of the space brings with it the depth of time. Traces of the past in the depths of the space seem to be visible… Chairs are lined up on both sides of this void. The members of the family whose story is told in the play sit on these chairs from time to time. Even if all the family members are seated, there are chairs which remain empty. Maybe those empty chairs mark the family members before and after the story that we haven't seen, expanding the time of the story… Behind the chairs are large transparent surfaces with grotesque and primitive face figures drawn on them with mud. Maybe they are the ghosts of the past… The servant of the family brings chairs from both sides to the front and middle line of the void. The couple, in their 90s, in the center of the story sit on tho...