The Littell project is a four-part project: it consists of a large scale theatre production (1) set up by Toneelhuis Antwerp in coproduction with Toneelgroep Amsterdam based on The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell, drawing on the experiences gained in a (digital) research project in IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, Paris), and small-scale theatre production based on Le Sec et l’Humide (2) by Jonathan Littell, and provided with in-depth context material in the form of a long-read (3), which in its turn will be the basis for a series of activities of choices (4) set up by the venues receiving The Kindly Ones.With the Littell project Guy Cassiers takes a new step in his artistic research into the history of Europe and more specifically into the mechanisms of power and destruction at work in Europe during the last century. Over the last two decades Cassiers has set his mark as a theatre director combining a special sensitivity for literary texts with the capacity to create highly visual and technologically advanced theatrical universes on the stage stimulating all of the spectator’s senses. His concern for a permanent historical awareness in today’s Europe, his fascination for the often intricate links between language and identity, and his curiosity for the impact of new technological research on the stage find a wonderful canvas in Jonathan Littell’s magnum opus, The Kindly Ones. Accompanying these two theatre projects Toneelhuis will produce a long-read, a journalistic multimedia project, presenting a wide range of relevant documentary material so as to create a better understanding of the vast array of historical and political topics dealt with in both The Kindly Ones and Le Sec et l’Humide. Toneelhuis/Bourlaschouwburg (BE), Toneelgroep Amsterdam/Stadschouwburg (NL), RomaEuropa (IT), Istanbul Theatre Festival (TR), Le Phénix Valenciennes (FR), Temporada Alta (ES), La Maison de la Culture d'Amiens (FR) will host the project.