sculptural costumes for Lieselot Siddiki's perfomance
Campo, Toneelhuis
2025
The Truthful: She Who Speaks The Truth. That is the meaning of the name Siddiki. It is the name of preachers, already for centuries. It dates back to Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first caliph and successor to Prophet Muhammad. Departing from meetings with her uncle, Dr. Nasir Siddiki - a former muslim, saved by Jesus and grown into a charismatic evangelical preacher - Lieselot Siddiki creates The Truthful. The Truthful is Siddiki's fever dream. It is a vision that came to her as she undertook her journey through the promised land. As in her previous performance Up Your Ass (a co-creation with Nona Demey Gallagher), it speaks of a fascination with the dark side of American society. The land of plenty, obsessed with conspiracy theories, rodeos, cartoons, puritanical beliefs and the dazzling promise of success.
The Truthful is autobiographical speculation and sheds light on shadows that were better left in the dark. It is fiction mixed with docu, autobiography mixed with bibles, truth mixed with lies.
The Truthful is a total spectacle.
The Truthful is about faith and the act of believing.
The Truthful is merging into something greater, is transcending the mundane.
The Truthful is about megalomania, about madness, about contemplation, about redemption.
The Truthful is a circus of prophets in which charismatic demigods, preachers and drifters roam, evoked by Bavo Buys, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu, Joeri Happel and Elisabeth Klinck.
direction & design Lieselot Siddiki
music composition Elisabeth Klinck
performance Bavo Buys, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu, Joeri Happel & Elisabeth Klinck
dramaturgy & coaching Laurens Aneca design instrument Simon Lanz sound design, sound mix & music dramaturgy Oscar Claus light design Anne Meeussen
internship technique Seppe Lauwereyns
costumes Frieda Degeyter
internship textile Kyra Voordeckers
sculpted costumes Lisette Sivard
scenography Eva Demulder
video Pol Heyvaert
graphic design Joram De Cocker
spiritual coach Dr. Nasir Siddiki
production CAMPO co-production C-mine, detheatermaker, KVS, Toneelhuis, VIERNULVIER & Perpodium with the support of the Flemish Government, the taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF, Gouvernement & DeAuteurs
More information about the performance: https://www.campo.nu/en/production/27117/the-truthful
