Schopenhauer Stefaan van Brabandt / De Verwondering

After the widely acclaimed and multi-award-winning performance Sartre & De Beauvoir, philosopher-writer-director Stefaan van Brabandt comes with the long-awaited fifth part of his successful philosopher-theatre series: Schopenhauer, played by one of our greatest actors: Damiaan De Schrijver.

Our lives, according to the cheerful pessimist and laughing misanthropist Arthur Schopenhauer, are characterised by suffering and boredom and are consequently one big mistake. Nevertheless, the philosophy of ‘the blackest philosopher of all time’ is extremely uplifting, infectious and even liberating. Nietzsche — who saw Schopenhauer as his ‘teacher and educator’ — praised him for ‘great cheerfulness’ and even considered this glee one of his most important traits.

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In Schopenhauer you will find out why life is suffering, and how, according to the ‘Buddha of Frankfurt’, you can free yourself from that suffering. Through the mix of simplicity, humour and wisdom, the philosophers in his performances always become people of flesh and blood, telling us their lives and philosophies in language that is as comprehensible as it is graceful, full of sharp sentences, sharp observations and rich, inspiring philosophical insights.

Theatre that will move you and at the same time make you laugh and think.

With the support of Literatuur Vlaanderen