http://www.roodvonk.be

Roodvonk is Marijke Umans's music theatre company. In her performances, music and word go hand in hand. Umans acts, sings, writes and is a narrator for children and youngsters. Roodvonk works with existing texts as well as with newly created material.

In her poetry performance 1 Jaar vol geluk (One year full of Happiness, 2008), for instance, Umans knits together excerpts from poems by Ted van Lieshout, Hans Andreus, Willem Wilmink and Ed Franck. Kom weg (Come Away, 2008) is music as well as object theatre: the theatre maker tells the self-written story using objects on stage.

Roodvonk combines well-known pieces of music, such as popular songs, with own material. The performance usually starts with the music, which is often performed live on stage by Umans, accompanied by other musicians.