Needcompany is an international performance group formed in 1986.
The two artists at the heart of Needcompany are Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey. Lauwers is the company's founder and artistic director.
Their associated performing artists are MaisonDahlBonnema (Hans Petter Dahl & Anna Sophia Bonnema), Lemm&Barkey (Lot Lemm & Grace Ellen Barkey), OHNO COOPERATION (Maarten Seghers & Jan Lauwers) and the NC ensemble, which includes Viviane De Muynck. They create work of their own under Needcompany's wings.
Needcompany's work has been documented by John Freeman in 'The Greatest Shows on Earth: World Theatre from Peter Brook to the Sydney Olympics' and in an article for New Theatre Quarterly 'No Boundaries Here: Brecht, Lauwers, and European Theatre after Postmodernism' 29(03).
Work by Jan Lauwers 1987 : Need to Know 1989 : ça va 1990 : Julius Caesar 1991 : Invictos 1992 : Antonius und Kleopatra 1992 : SCHADE/schade 1993 : Orfeo, opera by Walter Hus 1994 : The Snakesong Trilogy - Snakesong/Le Voyeur 1995 : The Snakesong Trilogy - Snakesong/Le Pouvoir (Leda) 1996 : Needcompany's Macbeth 1996 : The Snakesong Trilogy - Snakesong/Le Désir 1997 : Caligula, No beauty for me there, where human life is rare, part one 1998 : The Snakesong Trilogy, adapted version with live music 1999 : Morning Song, No beauty for me there, where human life is rare, part two 2000 : Needcompany's King Lear 2000 : DeaDDogsDon'tDance/ DjamesDjoyceDeaD 2001 : Ein Sturm 2002 : Images of Affection 2003 : No Comment 2004 : Isabella's Room 2006 : All is vanity 2006 : The Lobster Shop 2007 : The Porcelain Project 2008 : The Deer House 2008 : The Sad Face | Happy Face trilogy 2011 : The art of entertainment 2012 : Market Place 76
Film work Short films From Alexandria (1988) Mangia (1995) Sampled Images (2000) C-Song 01 (2003) C-Songs – The Lobster Shop (2006)
Film Goldfish Game (2002) I Want (No) Reality (2012) by Ana Brzezinska
Other The Unauthorized Portrait by Nico Leunen
Work by Grace Ellen Barkey 1992 : One 1993 : Don Quijote 1995 : Tres 1997 : Stories (histoires/verhalen) 1998 : Rood Red Rouge 1999 : The Miraculous Mandarin 2000 : Few Things 2002 : (AND) 2005 : Chunking 2007 : The Porcelain Project 2010: This door is too small (for a bear) 2013 : Mush-Room with music by The Residents
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