in a new translation by Duncan McLean
starring David McKay and Kate Dickie

best actress at British Independent Film Awards 2006

Don’t tell me we didn’t want the best for our kids.

A young couple check into a hotel with their two small children. A week passes before the police make a chilling discovery. In 1999, in the suburban town of Aalst, two parents murdered their children. The ensuing high profile and dramatic trial led to much soul searching in the Belgian media.

In 2005 the Belgian theatre company Victoria dramatised the case, working from source material including statements and interviews, TV footage of the trial and a documentary on the murder investigation. Born in Europe, re-worked, re-shaped and re-imagined for a UK audience by a brilliant and eclectic creative team, Aalst has built a reputation as a powerful and complex piece of modern theatre.

‘An impressive blast of fresh energy… as fine as any acting I have ever seen on the Scottish stage.’
The Scotsman * * * *

‘Kate Dickie and David McKay give performances of restrained vigour… it is ugly, painful and deeply, at times unbearably, disturbing.’
The Herald * * * *

‘Kate Dickie and David McKay are nothing short of brilliant as the parents… If you have the stomach, it's a show you shouldn't miss.’
The List * * * *

‘...a bold, gripping exploration that offers no easy answers.’
Onstage Scotland

‘Dickie and McKay deliver performances of towering, heartbreaking power in a production as compelling as it is unpleasant.’
Variety