THE SHOW IN WHICH HOPEFULLY NOTHING HAPPENS 8+
Monty Python for children
We won’t promise you anything, but can we keep that promise? The show in which hopefully nothing happens is like a castle in the air, nothing and everything at the same time. Get deliciously bored with a stumbling second, a detail that’s overlooked and a next moment that never arrives. Monty Python for children with an actor who isn’t allowed to enter the stage, and a security guard who desperately tries to find himself. Feel free to wander, they’re doing it too. Have a good sleep!
Thirteen years ago, Jetse Batelaan [Almere, 1978] stole the hearts of theatre audiences and the press with this show. It was his first play for children, made with Tg. Max. “Monty Python for children”, people murmured. “Either he’s bonkers or he’s a genius”, the jury of the Gold Cricket Awards said. A visually rich and slightly absurdist show that has become part of the Dutch theatre canon.
“In a comical, nonchalant way the creators deconstruct the conventions of watching and making theatre. By emphasising the artificiality of theatre and turning it upside down, this exercise in emptiness verges on life itself.”
“If there’s a play for Britain circa March 2019, this is it”
“Frequently hilarious occasionally profound but ultimately meaningless nonsense”
René Geerlings
Martin Hofstra
Hester Jolink
Marike Kamphuis
Ge Wegman
Dorien Folkers
Moniek Merkx
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