Het Zuidelijk Toneel creates theatre. Artistic director Piet Menu and a diverse group of theater makers from the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) have built an open, engaging and multifaceted theater company. The best makers under one roof. Het Zuidelijk Toneel and its makers are bound by an inherent drive to enter into dialogue with the audience. Challenging, evocative. Our work takes place in the real world, and the real world is part of our art making process. Our central theme: connection to The Other and how we see ourselves within that reflection. Het Zuidelijk Toneel has been based in Tilburg since 2010. Het Zuidelijk Toneel is a national theatre company with a focus on the Brabant Region of the Netherlands.
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Mr. Ferris
An original adventure for the entire family in an 18-metre-high Ferris wheel. Get on board, spin along with Mr. Ferris and look around you as if you were seeing the world for the first time.
I see many things so I know a lot.
I see many things, but I hear even more.
There are so many stories if you wish to see them. Or hear them.
Everything is connected with everything.
Nothing runs on its own. Neither do I.
Schippers&VanGucht and Het Zuidelijk Toneel join forces to bring Mr. Ferris (Radman in Dutch): a unique musical theatre experience for everyone, from young to old, from culture buffs to fairground fans, with your own city as the backdrop. A theatre installation with the desired distance of 1.5 metres.
Shush! Be quiet. Listen. Do you hear the city sigh?
In an 18-metre-high Ferris wheel, you listen to Mr. Ferris' story with headphones on. Because of his height, he towers above everything and everyone, giving him a great overview. Mr. Ferris hears and sees everything, including the things and people that often go unnoticed by us. During the ride, he whispers the secrets from above and below in your ear. What does the lady at number 60 in the street with the strange name do every morning? What is going on with the trees in the park around the corner? And what do clouds actually taste like?
With the sounds of The Colorist Orchestra and the warm voice of Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet telling the story written by Gerda Dendooven, a ride on a Ferris wheel has never been so special. Together with a merry-go-round and other theatrical activities, they form a special opening to the theatre season. The revolving experience will be on the doorstep of a number of theatres throughout September and October.
Coronaproof
You buy a ticket per gondola for a certain time slot (per half hour) and for a maximum of 3 adults or a family of 4. You can only enter the gondola with 3 or more people if you are from the same household. If you buy a ticket for 2 people you do not have to be from the same household. Because Mr. Ferris rotates, the boarding time is unique for each gondola, so you do not have to wait in line with many people. The gondolas and headsets are cleaned thoroughly throughout the day.
Everyone is welcome
A ride on a Ferris wheel is in itself a fun experience for everyone, which is why Mr. Ferris is accessible to all ages. Children as young as 4 years old can already experience an aspect of the theatrical experience. The story is easy to follow for children aged 7 and over. For children under 4, it is 'just' an exciting ride in a Ferris wheel, but that is also great fun! Children under 1.20 metres are only allowed in the Ferris wheel if accompanied by an adult.
Co-production
Het Zuidelijk Toneel conceived the idea of a safe theatrical experience in a Ferris wheel. They asked Schippers&VanGucht - because of their inventive theatrical installations and unusual audience arrangements - to work out the performance concept. The result: Mr. Ferris.
Check for dates: Check Radman (in Dutch)
TWO.
After her solo performances ONE. and ALL., Lisa Verbelen will form a duo in TWO. with celebrated jazz musician Hendrik Lasure.
I read in a book
thinking is a form of feeling
and feeling is a form of thinking
I was so happy to know
there are not only two ends of the line
not only two ends of the road
that you can be both
that things can be found in between things
Starting from the theme of opposites and inspired by Taoism and hip-hop, Lisa and Hendrik are creating a music album. Together with director Suze Milius they will turn the album into a theatrical concert.
TWO. is an exercise to reverse thinking in opposites and to experience what is in between two extremes. What happens when two people meet.
Expect a musical and theatrical concert, words and music that make you feel and think, both hard and soft, both dark and light, with smoke and fire, water in the desert, not ugly nor beautiful, all yin and yang, about you and me.
Credits
by and with Lisa Verbelen and Hendrik Lasure
director Suze Milius
dramaturgy Roos Euwe
lighting design Emanuel Nijkerk
technician Timo Merkies
production manager Lena Meijer
english sidekick Emma Wierda
album mixed by Jens Bouttery
backing vocals album Annelinde Bruijs, Jens Bouttery, Ilias Moen
production and publicity BOG. & Het Zuidelijk Toneel
Dates & locations: TWO. is not a solo
A Fun Evening Out 8+
Plenty of things go well, but unfortunately life is also full of obstacles.
Things can fall apart at times.
And not always at the right time.
There are pets that are sick.
There is news that scares you.
And then you have those trousers that are uncomfortable, friends who are irritating and those days that are simply horrible.
In this musical, misfortune, sadness, anger, embarrassment, jealousy and loneliness all get their own spectacular show number. The actors dance and sing as if their life depends on it. But unfortunately, not everyone can join in. Something is also brewing on the sideline. It's not easy to explain what exactly. It's all a bit hazy. But what's going on? Is someone trying to sneakily steal the show? Stop that thief!
Een leuk avondje uit (A Fun Evening Out) is the new family show by Theater Artemis, hetpaleis and Het Zuidelijk Toneel. Two years ago, these companies joined forces for 'Het eind van het begin van het einde'(The End of the Beginning of the End). With that show, we just about succeeded in rescuing the imagination from its downfall. We cannot cope with all that uncertainty and confusion a second time. That is why we are pulling out all the stops with 'Een leuk avondje uit'.
'The great thiing about Jetse Batelaan's theatre is how he always develops original ideas to the ultimate consequence.'
★★★★ De Volkskrant
'A brilliant show by Batelaan, who actually no longer makes ordinary family performances but more like complete works of philosophical art.'
Telegraaf
'Once more, the new family show by artistic leader Jetse Batelaan from the Bossche Theater Artemis is one big spectacle. Filled with intelligent, humorous finds and nonsense.'
Brabants Dagblad
A Masterpiece
In the performance A Masterpiece, Dennis Vanderbroeck tries to make a masterpiece. Based on performances by his heroes, ranging from Yves Klein and Bruce Nauman to Tina Turner, Dennis attempts to find his genius through theirs. The voice of his father, 61 years and with Alzheimer's disease, is his instruction manual. His father's process of progressive forgetfulness is like a race against the clock. A race to not being forgotten as a person.
Dennis and his father narrate the instructions and re-enactments of his heroes. A father who is trying to help his son by making his own masterpiece. A dialogue about art, memories and their disappearance. 'A Masterpiece' is an exercise in letting go, growing up an getting older. A performance that teaches us how art can save our life and vice versa.
With his Studio, Dennis Vanderbroeck (1990) works on an international scale on spatial projects in various disciplines and contexts. A physical encounter in a physically designed space always forms the core of his work. He studied the Performance degree programme in Maastricht but for a long time, he had no desire to stand on the stage himself. Until now.
Artistic leader Piet Menu about this performance
'How personal can art be?'
Credits
Concept: Dennis Vanderbroeck
Performance: Dennis Vanderbroeck & Marco Vanderbroeck
Co-creation: Suze Milius
Set: Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck
Lighting: Varja Klosse
Sound: Roman Hiele
Wardrobe: Rebekka Wormann
Shut Up and Play with Me
Playing, everyone can do it, but few people actually do. Do we still recognize the potential for play? Is it a proof of maturity to suppress our need to play or because there is not a penny to be made from it? What if we take off the brakes and plunge into selfless play?
Two players enter the floor: Joep van der Geest and Louis van der Waal. They survey the playing field and get ready for the game. Passionately, they plunge into one game after another. They challenge each other and are competitive as hell. There will be laughing, dying and crying. The logic of the game is only intuitively imitable and a riddle you want to solve as an audience.
"We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw.
Shut Up and Play with Me is an ode to the playing man, for anyone who has ever played, now or long ago. Inspired by Homo Ludens by cultural historian Johan Huizinga.