One of Europe's most eminent directors Luk Perceval has decided to work with the Old Theatre company again.
His new premiere is the original adaptation of a series of novels by the great founder of French naturalism Emil Zola, entitled Les Rougon-Macquart. Behind this title there is a 20-volume saga of the eponymous family, who, in dramatic upheaval, experiences firsthand the effects of social and economic change and profoundly human feelings: greed, lust, hunger for success, recognition and love. By reaching for a classic epic work, Perceval did not intend to create a historical chronicle. He uses the return to the roots to understand the present and its determinants, to seek answers to the questions whether human development is guided by ethical aspects and whether there is a thing like destiny written far in the past.
