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Killer Thriller

Les Âmes Perdues, Tom Goossens, Mitch Van Landeghem & Muziektheater Transparant
An excess of crime, because less is murder!
Sat 9 Jan ’27 20:00
9 Jan ’27
20:00
  • 9 Jan ’27
    20:00
    Schouwburg Kortrijk, Kortrijk
    Schouwburg - Zaal OAAS
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A blissfully unashamed dissection of the whodunit genre: What makes a murder mystery so irresistibly sexy? What music should ideally accompany your demise? And above all: who did it? In Killer Thriller, you’re served not one but several murder mysteries at once. The lies, bodies, and songs pile up until you no longer know whodunit.

Nothing is as thrilling as a murder mystery - and nothing as soothing as a murder mystery set to music.

After the First World War, the murder story became wildly popular, with its grotesque plots, cut telephone lines, secret passageways, locked rooms, know‑it‑all baronesses, nimble butlers, stubborn detectives, and the immortal words: “someone in this room did it.” Here, horror barely leaves a mark and justice always prevails. The harsher the real world, the more successful the whodunit - now as much as then.

In 2023, Les Âmes Perdues, Tom Goossens, Mitch Van Landeghem and Muziektheater Transparant already turned the operetta genre upside down in Fledermaus Forever. With Killer Thriller, they now aim their musical‑theatrical poison darts at the whodunit, serving not one but several murder mysteries at the same time.

A film screening is brutally interrupted, someone goes missing at sea, characters drop dead only to reappear in another storyline, and plotlines hook into one another. Lies, bodies, and songs pile up while the tension between the familiar and the unreliable tightens. Meanwhile, the question lingers: why must someone always die for a story to be good? What makes a murder mystery so irresistibly sexy? What music best accompanies your demise? And above all: who did it?

Brace yourself for an overdose of crime. Less is murder.

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The company keeps you captivated from start to finish – and that’s quite an achievement, considering the number of actors, characters, and storylines. There are just enough easter eggs that could give away the identity of the murderer(s), but also just enough unresolved loose ends.

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Concept: Les Âmes Perdues, Tom Goossens & Mitch Van Landeghem. Tekst: Tom Goossens & Mitch Van Landeghem. Regie: Tom Goossens. Muziek: Les Âmes Perdues. Spel: Ikram Aoulad, Naomi Beeldens, Mieke De Groote, Isaak Duerinck, Ewout Lehoucq, Chanou. Mekenkamp, Mitch Van Landeghem & Wim Muyllaert als Brenda Aerts. Decor: Anne van Es. Kostuum: Wim Muyllaert & Smila Zinecker. Productieleiding: Laura Arens. Een coproductie van: Les Âmes Perdues & Muziektheater Transparant. Coproducenten: Perpodium vzw. Met de steun van de Tax Shelter-maatregel van de Belgische federale overheid en de Vlaamse overheid. Met dank aan DeAuteurs, NTGent, Anita Van Steen & Thomas Dhollander.

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