Bambie plays Bambie

Mime theater group Bambie

Wed 14 Apr '27 20:30

Ode to loneliness

play

Wed 14 Apr '27

20:30

Wed 14 Apr '27

20:30

Location: Natlab - Main Play (Kastanjelaan 500)

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Who didn't grow up with the little deer Bambi? In Bambie plays Bambi , Disney dreams and raw nature collide . A visual and emotionally charged performance about being alone, survival and the search for a destiny.

It had to come: a performance about the deer that started it all. The most famous children's film of all time sketches an idyllic forest full of talking animals, friendship and romance. But beneath that lovely surface lies another story.

In the original 1923 book, nature is cruel and uncaring. Survival means learning to trust yourself. Bambie plays Bambi juxtaposes these two worlds and explores what remains when romance disappears.

Iconic scenes are given a new, physical translation: the birth, the slipping on the ice, the death of the mother, the hormonal discovery of love. The forest becomes a dwelling where natural elements intrude and human figures display animalistic urges.Three individuals seek in Bambie plays Bambi a personal answer to the question of what our "natural" destiny is. And what life lessons are needed to mature in this time.

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Credits

Play QiQi van Boheemen, Odin van Diepen, Jochem Stavenuiter Directed by Jochem Stavenuiter, Marijn van der Jagt Composition and sound design Amber Docters van Leeuwen Lighting design Manuel Boutreur