Object theatre / Dutch premiere / Language no Problem

Marius Lefever, Senne Vanderschelden en Jef Van der Burght

Silly Symphonies

From crashing cars to drifting parachutists and from sinking fishermen to falling birds: Silly Symphonies creates and dissolves worlds using nothing but sound.

Three performers produce live sound effects—also known as foley—to build scenes where nothing goes as expected. Without words, using everyday objects and a generous dose of imagination, they shape unpredictable endings. Lighthearted, playful, yet unafraid of the dark, Silly Symphonies offers an experience with something to discover for all ages.

Marius Lefever, Jef Van der Burght, and Senne Vanderschelden are not your everyday theater makers. With backgrounds in music, visual arts, radio, photography, and film, they create a unique, playful universe best described as film noir bricolage. In 2023, the trio was selected for Eigen Kweek, a development program by 57 Flemish cultural institutions supporting young performing artists. During this trajectory, they created the performance Silly Symphonies.