KID. 8+ & 18+

KID. is two-in-one.
Two performances unfolding at the same time.
Two audiences, separated only by a wall.

On one side, adults are watching an 18+ performance about children. On the other side, children are watching an 8+ performance about adults. Neither side knows what is happening on the other. You hear everything, but it’s not always what you think. And what you see doesn’t always match what you hear.

In KID., children are treated to a high-quality, philosophical slapstick performance about what an adult actually is. On the other side of the wall lies the backstage area. There, the adults must do everything in their power to keep the children’s performance running smoothly—while enjoying some adult-appropriate entertainment, such as a glass of red wine and a hint of functional nudity.

KID. is a production by hetpaleis and BOG., exploring the question of what it really means to be an adult. When you grow up, does that make you an adult? When you can pay for a house? When you are sad more often than happy?

It is confronting and disarmingly honest for adults, intimate and juicy for children, and hilarious for all ages. After the show, the intergenerational conversation continues in the foyer—because your child saw the same performance as you… or did they?

“With sharp observational intelligence, dry critical humour and irresistibly engaging performance, BOG. lifts the veil on adulthood.”
– Etcetera
“KID. is adventurous, daring and exceptionally funny. It is a downright brilliant production. ”
Theaterkrant.nl
“It is hilarious, embarrassing and confronting to hear BOG. shamelessly confess the secrets of adulthood.”
– De Standaard
BY

JUDITH DE JOODE
BENJAMIN MOEN
SANNE VANDERBRUGGEN
LISA VERBELEN

PERFORMED BY

JUDITH DE JOODE/JESSIE WILMS
SIMON VAN BUYTEN/BENJAMIN MOEN
SANNE VANDERBRUGGEN

FINAL DIRECTION

JETSE BATELAAN

SCENOGRAPHY

DECORATELIER JOZEF WOUTERS

COSTUMES

JOHANNA TRUDZINSKI

Audience guidance

TIM VERBEEK

DRAMATURGY

ROOS EUWE

COPRODUCED BY

BOG.
THEATER ARTEMIS
HETPALEIS

SUPPORTED BY

BANKGIRO LOTERIJ FONDS
DE VLAAMSE OVERHEID
FONDS PODIUMKUNSTEN

SPECIAL THANKS TO

HET ZUIDELIJK TONEEL
LISA VERBELEN

PREMIERE

Tilburg, 12 January 2018

Coming up: Zürich, 4 June 2026
& shows on 5 & 6 June 2026
Blickfelder festival