It would be such a shame if you missed out

05 Sep 2026
amsterdam
Frascati
30 Oct 2026
's-hertogenbosch
Verkadefabriek
02 Nov 2026
antwerpen
De Studio
Almost for sale!
02 Nov 2026
antwerpen
De Studio
Almost for sale!
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A play about the worry that the party is happening somewhere else

What to do when everything is constantly cheering you on? Boom. What to do when you hear the muffled bass but have no idea where it’s coming from? Boom, boom. Is life a big party that you can’t find the entrance to? Boom, boom, boom. How long are you going to keep looking in this cold and deserted industrial estate? And are all the enthusiastic and happy people really there or are they just ghosts in your head? Following Ruzie 6+, Theater Artemis and Theater Basel team up once more. This time for an absurdist-philosophical play about the fear of missing out, for everyone aged 12 and up.

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“LIKE A MASTER MANIPULATOR, BATELAAN MAKES YOU FEEL HOW YOU CAN MAKE A GROUP CRAVE SOMETHING, AND WHAT ANGER AND RESENTMENT ARISES WHEN THEY THEN CANNOT GET IT.”
NRC HANDELSBLAD
“THIS PERFORMANCE ABOUT (THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF) TEENAGE SUFFERING IS TOTALLY CONVINCING THANKS TO AN IMPECCABLE SENSE OF TIMING AND ABSURD EFFECTS THAT, THROUGH THEIR ABSURDITY, MAKE ITS (PERVERSE) PSYCHOLOGY VISIBLE. ”
– PZAZZ
Directed by

Jetse Batelaan

Performed by

Netherlands: ELIAS DE BRUYNE, TIM VAN DONGEN, CLAUDIA KANNE
Austria: Vera Flück, Fabian Dämmich, Kay Kysela

Stage design

Marloes van der Hoek & Wikke van Houwelingen

Music

Toben Piel

Costumes

KAROLINE GUNDERMANN

Light

Mario Bubic

Dramaturgy

Angela Osthoff

coproduction

Theater Artemis & Theater Basel

Tour

Basel (CH) world première – 27 February 2025
‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL) Dutch première – 9 March 2025