17-09-2026

Shut your beak is now available for bookings in the classroom
Performer Roos Bottinga poseert met een gekke bek voor een kleurrijke achtergrond. Zij draagt een opvallende shawl, een zwart colbertje en knalrode lippenstift. Dit is het campagnebeeld voor de educatievoorstelling 'Bek Dicht' van Het Zuidelijk Toneel.

Attention teachers: the class performance Shut your beak is now available for booking. With our performances in the classroom, a regular classroom or the media center suddenly becomes a place full of stories, imagination, and moments that students will remember and learn from. Previously, we organized the successful class performance Zo Dus at HZT, and now we are returning in March and April 2027 with the new class performance Shut your beak. Try and stay focused.

What starts as a bad ventriloquist act develops into a hilarious dialogue about scrolling, short attention spans, brain rot, and what it means to be in the here and now. A loud and funny performance about the effort it takes to maintain control over your own attention.

A bad ventriloquist brings her parrot Brenda to the classroom. The latter struggles to keep his beak shut and keeps going on about the dwindling attention span of the audience. Understandably, as the talent of the ventriloquist does not inspire much confidence. She struggles through a vulnerable monologue while Brenda interrupts her with tips and tricks. Will she manage to keep the parrot quiet long enough to finish her story?

The performance lasts 90 minutes, including a workshop on attention and distraction. Shut your beak is suitable for vocational education + lower levels of pre-university and higher general secondary education, and can be performed multiple times in one day.

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