The Surpriseshow
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Sat 20 Mar '2720:30On location: Pand P - Great Hall (Leenderweg 65)
Tickets Normal € 21,50
The Surpriseshow tells the poignant story of a child growing up between uncertainty and hope. The piece touches on the deep longing for change, the impact of waiting and the clash between fantasy and reality. A personal and universal story about the search for a future in an uncertain world.
In 1994 Nazanin fled as a young girl from Iran to the Netherlands and ended up in AZC Kollum. Her biggest dream? Participating in De Surpriseshow. Every day she practiced her playback skills in front of the mirror, convinced that Henny Huisman would call. At the AZC, she made friends with Maya Bradarić and was spat on after the murder of Marianne Vaatstra. She waited for certainty, for papers and for an invitation.
Years later, she is on play herself, with an acting degree and a flourishing career on TV and in the theater, and finally one step closer to Henny Huisman.
De Surpriseshow is a personal, raw, moving and hilarious solo performance. About dreams that remained wrapped up for years, full of childhood memories of blossoming friendships in the waiting rooms of a system that referred but never answered. About what endless waiting does to a child and how theater is sometimes the only place where the girl who saw everything is finally seen.
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About Nazanin Taheri
Nazanin Taheri (Iran, 1987) fled to the Netherlands as a child and grew up in AZC Kollum. That experience forms the core of her work as a theater maker. She graduated af a Dutch theater academy and played for Het Nationale Theater in Laagland (Erik de Vroedt) and De Oresteia (Theu Boermans), and in productions by De Toneelmakerij and Theatergroep Suburbia, among others. On TV, she appeared in Bennie (Videoland), De Ballonvaarder (Disney+) and Rust en Vreugd (Omroep Max). In 2015, she founded Theatergroep IND - In Holland Dreams. The Surpriseshow is her first solo performance.
About TOBAL
TOBAL creates theater with humor, music and magical realism, with a focus on inclusion and accessibility. The stories are rooted in the here and now and focus on recognition and representation. TOBAL wants to create a place where everyone feels welcome and where stories from society are given a voice. In the end, it starts with daring.
About Via Rudolphi Productions
Via Rudolphi Productions is a theater house that works with autonomous play makers: from newly graduated top talents to experienced theater professionals. They tell stories that are not yet heard enough, often stimulating, emancipating, confrontational or humorous. Their work shines new light on recognizable themes, sometimes quasi-realistic, sometimes with a touch of tragedy, always full of humanity.
Credits
Text, concept and acting Nazanin Taheri Direction Esther Scheldwacht Lighting design Julian Maiwald Set design Maze de Boer Co-production Via Rudolphi Productions, TOBAL
