What do you do with almost nothing, if you’re used to having a whole lot? In this new family show, directed by Jetse Batelaan, you’ll see villagers who always had more than enough, suddenly lose it all. As if something or someone is teaching them a lesson. But who? And why them?

Because why else was the plum harvest suddenly infested with worms? Since when do hailstones the size of pigeon eggs fall in May? Isn’t it weird that the strongest workhorse suddenly became lame? And why did the bridge just collapse out of nowhere? Does anyone else smell smoke? Hello?! … Hello?!!

The is a grand epic where the line between everything and nothing turns out to be surprisingly thin. This is the third co-production between Theater Artemis, het paleis and Het Zuidelijk Toneel, after The end of the beginning of the end and A fun night out. This time, a play about very little. So little even, that they nearly ran out of words for the title. There was just one left. The. Let’s hope it’s enough.