Bender Schiewe Brel

“I don’t believe in heroes; I believe in people who love.” Jacques Brel never passed judgment. He simply observed—people who love, who fail, who dream—the humor and the tragedy that accompany us every day. Julian Bender and Gerhard A. Schiewe follow these perspectives, bringing Brel’s characters back to life: the dreamer, the mocker, the one who realizes things too late. With their voices and accordion, they open up spaces where nothing is smoothed over, but everything rings true. An evening between tenderness and anger, between melancholy and new beginnings—an evening about us.