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With “Timber”, its wordless show, the Still Life theatre company is sounding the alarm ahead of the apocalypse
Having depleted the planet, we are trying to reconnect with life… Is this an illusion? With its four scenes blending farce and tragedy, the Belgian company follows in the tradition of silent theatre, where the performance becomes more visceral.
Fabienne Pascaud, 10 May 2026 in TELERAMA
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“Timber” by the Still Life theatre company: a wordless play that sounds the alarm
Aware of the many problems caused by the collapse of ecological systems, this Belgian theatre company presents a sketch show that is as funny as it is thought-provoking.
Patrick Sourd, 15 May 2026 in LES INROCKUPTIBLES
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Timber : Le retour à la mère nature
…, in the face of the climate emergency, four wordless stories that take us back to Mother Earth. With a touch of irony, this mimodramatic satire examines our relationship with the living world.
Olivier Frégaville-Gratian d'Amore le 8 novembre 2025 sur coupsdoeil.fr
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‘Timber’: a visual spectacle in which humans attempt to reconnect with nature
What happens in the forest stays in the forest, but often takes on the air of a fairy tale. With ‘Timber’, the Still Life Company presents a modern fable in four scenes. A show without dialogue – a radical choice made with conviction.
Audric De Trez, 12 March 2025 on LA PREMIERE, RTBF
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Review: Still Life: Flesh, Barbican
From four images flow a smorgasbord of emotions. They spill out off the stage and fill the Barbican Theatre with their tender embrace…
Review by Alexander Cohen, in Broadway World on Jan. 26, 2023
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Flesh – The Language of the Body
On July 23, 2022, the young Cultural Reporters of the Avignon Festival met with the artistic team of Flesh: stories of flesh, but also stories of our relationships.
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Festival d’Avignon: «Flesh», chut des corps
In four short, wordless plays, the Still Life collective sketch out a universe where every carnal encounter turns into a catastrophe, somewhere between the fantastic and the horrific.
by Anne Diatkine, in Libération, 21/07/2022
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Making fake to tell the truth: 'Strangeness does not come from nowhere; it is rooted in the familiar.
Marie Baudet, in La Libre, 11/02/2022.
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Fantastic Realism in Theater, Tracks ARTE, 2023.
The Belgian company "Still Life" shapes its plays like paintings. The duo Aurelio Mergola and Sophie Linsmaux aim to make their theater realistic in order to better capture the audience and take them towards phantasmagoria.
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NO ONE - THE MAETERLINCK CRITICS' AWARDS
Staging, directing, acting dynamics... It takes talent to ensure the coherence of a show...
