Afbeedling: Guusje te Pas & Valentijn de Jonge in rehearsal. - NLMagazine Art & Culture - For the first time, TMH presents a full theater production, specially conceived for our stijlkamer. A world premiere stage adaptation of the novella by Willem Frederik Hermans, performed in virtual darkness...
Times:
Fri 28 Oct, at 19:00 & 21:30 + Q&A (premiere)
Sat 29 Oct, at 19:00 & 21:30 + Q&A
Sun 30 Oct, at 18:00 + Q&A
Running time: 1 hour (performed in Dutch)
Direction & adaptation: Inge-Vera Lipsius
Cast: Valentijn de Jonge, Guusje te Pas, Jasper van der Pijl, Frans Limburg
'I'm surrounded on all sides. How can I defend myself?'
A man, haunted by the war, brings the war to his home. Paranoia is the very first stage adaptation of W.F. Hermans’s 1948 novella. How can we live with violence? How can we live with each other? This thriller-like adaptation—staged where the original story takes place, in a canal house—links Hermans’s riveting text to our time.
Willem Frederik Hermans is considered to be one of the “Big Three” authors of Dutch post-war literature. His most famous works include The Darkroom of Damocles (1958), Beyond Sleep (1966), and An Untouched House, also included in the short story collection Paranoia (1953). This new play is the directorial debut of Inge-Vera Lipsius and stars a young cast.
Paranoia is supported by the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) and the Amarte Fund. With special thanks to the Willem Frederik Hermans Family and the Hermans Institute. The novella Paranoia is published by De Bezige Bij.
Trigger warning: Themes of violence/abuse. Will be performed in virtual darkness in an enclosed space and contains sudden loud noises.
