
Good to know: this production is both spoken in Dutch an English alternately.
This production will go on a short tour in 2025–2026 and will return for the 2026–2027 season.

Het Zuidelijk Toneel & Suze Milius
Recognition, everyone craves it. To be seen, to be valued, to matter. But what if that confirmation is lacking? What if your words go unheard, the music of your band doesn't resonate or your talent goes unnoticed? Exactly, jealousy rears its head, uncertainty gnaws away and somewhere deep inside you hear a little voice whispering: will this be okay?
During a special Exposure Night, we watch the noise band Distortion Klub rehearse in line with their credo: anything that makes a noise is an instrument. As their sound fills the room, one of the band members begins to film the rest and ask them questions. In the presence of the camera, their alter egos increasingly come forward and the boundary between personality and performance becomes more and more blurred.
In the performance This will not end well, Suze Milius and Annelinde Bruijs do exactly what they do best: turn language into music. Interviews, improvisations and conversations are cut, pasted, repeated and composed into an intriguing musical – and almost museum-like – performance about identity and uncertainty.
Let’s give it up for Distortion Klub!
Good to know: this production is both spoken in Dutch an English alternately.
This production will go on a short tour in 2025–2026 and will return for the 2026–2027 season.
de Volkskrant ★★★
Podium Reviews ★★★

Regisseur en tekstschrijver Suze Milius creëert kleurrijke, beeldende werelden die zowel vervreemdend als poëtisch en humoristisch zijn. Met haar eigenzinnige visuele en fysieke taal legt ze de nadruk op intermenselijk gedrag in zijn ontwapenende onhandigheid. Karakteristiek voor haar werk is het hoe het alledaagse in surrealistisch kader geplaatst wordt, waardoor de details zichtbaar worden die we vaak over het hoofd zien in onze dagelijkse sleur.

Compositie: Annelinde Bruijs
Vormgeving & Kostuumontwerp: Johanna Trudzinski
Dramaturgisch advies: Joachim Robbrecht
Lichtontwerp Emile van Gils
Techniek Emile van Gils & Victor Hidalgo
Productie Rianne Valstar
Fotografie Sofie Knijff
Trailer Joris Verleg