Sammy Van den Heuvel — scenography

Each space grows within a specific frame that is formed through conversations; with the director, with the choreographer, with the text, the music, the material, with the dramaturg, with the production team, with the artists and builders in the workshops, with the stage technicians. Ultimately, the built space engages in a conversation with the performers, and, through them, in a conversation with the audience.
Wozzeck
Seraphim
No yogurt for the dead
Tipping point
Angel's bone
Le nozze di Figaro
The man who fell from the sky
A safe space for male bodies
Szenen aus Goethes Faust
The world’s wife
Vanishing point
Die Vorüberlaufenden
The future is not what it used to be
Solitary dialogues
Solitude
Each time we fall a city rises
Quartett
A requiem for lost things
Als niemand me ziet
Totentanz
#truth: ein sokratischer Abend
Ich rufe meine Brüder
3000 Euro
Ich bin wie ihr, ich liebe Äpfel


sammyvandenheuvel@gmail.com

Angel’s bone

Two angels land battered and bruised in a married couple's garden. They are taken in by the couple but instead of nursing them back to health, the couple clips their wings and uses their heavenly powers to enrich themselves under the guise of charity. 

Composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek address the dark abyss of modern slavery and human trafficking.


musical directionJohannes Witt 

directionJorinde Keesmaat 

choreography Pascal Merighi

dramaturgyLalina Goddard

scenography and costume designSammy Van den Heuvel

video and light designFrouke ten Velden

/Oper Wuppertal /Muziekgebouw aan het IJ 2023