Address: Verkadefabriek, Boschdijkstraat 45, 5211 VD 's-Hertogenbosch | Event map | Venue Accessibility

Language: This performance doesn't contain any spoken language - just gibberish! 

Please note: There are loud noises, depictions of violence and nudity in this performance. 

Playing, everyone can do it, but few do. Do we still see the possibilities for play? Is it a sign of maturity to suppress our enjoyment of the game or because there is no money to be made from it? What if we let go of the brakes and plunged into a selfless game?

Two players gather on the gaming floor: Joep van der Geest and Louis van der Waal, loaded with everyday objects. They go from one game to the next against and with each other and they are blood fanatics. There is laughter, death and crying. The logic of the game is only intuitive - can you solve the riddle?

“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 person, for everyone who has ever played, now or a long time ago. Inspired by Homo Ludens by cultural historian Johan Huizinga.

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Duration: 75 minutes
Genre: Physical theatre
Price: €10

Credits

Direction: Sarah Moeremans
Dramaturgy: Joachim Robbrecht
Games: Joep van der Geest, Louis van der Waal
Artistic advice: Piet Menu
Costume: Daphne de Winkel
Technical: Jurre Smulders
Production photography: Sofie Knijff

Get in touch
 

Contact:
Het Zuidelijke Toneel
info@hzt.nl / +31 13 334 4 500

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Please note:

• Tickets for all performances were released for general sale at 12 midday CET on Monday 28 October. A very limited number of tickets will be available to purchase on the day, first come first served - please ask at the Verkadefabriek ticket office in the foyer (open until 21.30 each day).
• Give the following discount code to the ticket office to purchase the ticket at the special discounted price of €10: IETM24VF
• The discount code can only be used to purchase one ticket for each performance per participant.
• The discount code is only applicable to the performances listed in the IETM Focus programme.