Mignon's story begins in a small village in a country far away from here. And in that country, it is warm and the lemon trees are always in bloom. Under one of those lemon trees is a child. The child's name is Mignon.

More than two centuries ago, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote a fistful of a novel, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, a coming-of-age story about a young German stage actor in search of love and meaning. A story full of chivalrous adventures and philosophical musings, coloured by striking barons and anarchic actors' gangs. And somewhere in the wings, hidden among all these motley characters, Mignon appears and disappears. A girl - or is it not a girl? - who barely speaks and travels from town to town with a nomadic circus troupe. Wilhelm looks at Mignon, but does not understand who he sees. Who is this child standing before him? What secret lies on her tongue?

The elusive character Mignon, who plays only a supporting role in Goethe's novel and does not allow herself to be known by anyone, is on full display in The Secret of Sperata.

Under the guidance of Teletext, WALPURGIS and a team of artists, the linking class pupils of the GO! Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerpen give a voice to Mignon. Together, they created a theatre performance full of self-written texts, self-made costumes and music in two months. They retell the story as they see it: straightforward, 21st-century and imaginative.

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