During the first World War, remnants of two armies, German and French, exchanged gunfire from atop two buildings overlooking a square in a small Belgian town. Just as the twelve o’clock whistle sounded, a dapper clerk emerged from the bank. Noticing the bullet-riddled atmosphere, he opened a huge umbrella, and then strolled confidently across the square. Both armies stopped firing and shared rare laughter. The clerk made it safely to the other side.
One of the soldiers on that roof eventually became Belgium’s most celebrated playwright, Michel de Ghelderode. Years later, recalling the idealistic clerk, Ghelderode created his most memorable character, then named him, and the play that bears his name, “Pantagleize”.
The Pantagleize Theatre Company is dedicated to nurturing understanding among world cultures and vows to produce plays of international character, to include cultures within our community generally excluded or belittled, and to provide opportunities for personal and artistic growth.
We celebrate with joy all that makes us one. Pantagleize Theatre Company - Loving the different stages ... of the World!
