Pieter DeBuysser - Landscape with Skiproads/Book Burning: Two Plays

PIETER DE BUYSSER

LANDSCAPE WITH SKIPROADS
AND
BOOK BURNING

TWO PLAYS

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Pieter De Buysser

At the age of 20, Pieter De Buysser took a train to Paris to visit a school for clowns. He decided to study philosophy. Since, he writes fiction and non-fiction, theatre and non-theatre and he performs his own texts on stage as a non-clown, a speculative realist, a transformatador in one. His fables are political, radical, epic and concrete. He has been described as a contemporary Hironymus Bosch of literature and a 22nd-century storyteller.

His plays have been invited to or commissioned by houses and festivals such as Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels, Berliner Festspiele, Taipei Festival, Biennale Wiesbaden new plays from Europe, Dublin Festival, Melbourne Festival, Baltoscandal Estonia, Thtre de la Bastille Paris, Fondation Cartier Paris, HAU Berlin... His writings have been translated and staged into Polish, French, German, Italian and English. His first novel De Keisnijders was published in 2012 by De Geus. Currently he travels extensively throughout Europe with his latest monologues, Book Burning & Landscape with skiproads.

Margarita Production

Margarita Production collaborates with up-and- coming artists from various disciplines that have the potential to create proper artistic careers in the near future. The track is set according to the specific needs of each artist and ranges from pre-production, advice with the writing of funding applications and financial supervision to distribution and tour management.

Despite its short history, Margarita Production has established itself in the Brussels, Flemish and international artistic landscape and also closely collaborates with a large number of organizations. Because of this, Margarita can offer the artist an extensive network within which the right contacts can be found for individual projects. Distribution and visibility are crucial elements when launching new - and often unusual - work. Not sales, but the visibility of the artist is the objective.

Since September 2013 onwards we joined forces with Mokum. Together well continue to develop the professional support for independent artists and artistic projects.

Richard Jordan Productions Ltd - Producer

Richard Jordan is an Olivier and TONY Award-winning producer. His London-based company Richard Jordan Productions Ltd was founded in 1998 and has produced over 190 productions in the UK as well as 19 other countries, including 60 world premieres and 70 European, Australian or US premieres enjoying associations with many of the worlds leading theatres and arts organisations.

Described by The Stage newspaper as one of the UKs most prolific theatre producers, Richard has been named 8 times in their Top 100 UK Theatre and Professionals. In 2010, for his services to the UK and international arts industries, he was selected for lifetime inclusion in A&C Blacks annual publication, Whos Who. Richard was also the first recipient of the Society of London/Stage One (formerly TIF) Producers Award. In 2009, he was nominated for the TMA Award for Outstanding Achievement in UK Theatre and in 2009 he was a finalist in the British Councils first-ever UK Young Creative Entrepreneur Award. Richard has been at the forefront of developing and presenting works by a diverse range of established and emerging writers and artists such as: Alan Ayckbourn; Conor McPherson; Omphile Molusi; Alan Bennett; Cora Bissett; Athol Fugard; David Greig; Martin McDonagh; Fin Kennedy; Ryan Craig; Luke Barnes; Charlotte Josephine; Valentijn Dhaenens; Cristian Ceresoli; Christopher Durang; Nick Steur; Pieter De Buysser; Robert Farquhar; Danai Gurira; Nikkole Salter; the Q Brothers; Heather Raffo; Stefan Golaszewski and Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed. His productions and co-productions have won a number of awards including: the TONY Award for Best Play; the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement at an Affiliate Theatre; Drama Desk; Drama League; New York Critics, Broadway.com and Outer Critic Circle Best New Play; eight Scotsman Fringe First Awards; two Herald Angel Awards; two Total Theatre Awards; The Spirit of the Fringe Award; three Helen Hayes Awards; the Adelaide Festival Award; the US Black Alliance Award; Obie Award; Jeff Award; the Lucille Lortel Award and the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play. Pieter De Buysser and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd produce together worldwide.