The Dutch premiere of Rabbit Hole will take place on Friday, 1 March 2024 at Theater De Krakeling in Amsterdam.
After the successful Austrian opening night in the Deep Space of the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz, we are happy to announce the return of Rabbit Hole. This compelling, interactive theatre experience about the online world examines the richness of the internet, as well as its dark side. Bringing narrative design, new dramaturgy and new technology together, de Toneelmakerij created a show that is highly recognisable for teenagers and highly educational for their teachers and parents.
About the performance
Samy doesn't leave his room, stops going to school and ignores his mother and sister. He has retreated to an online community, the way out of his daily reality of bullying, loneliness and a broken family. Online, he makes new friends: Neo17 and its followers. His sister Hanna thinks they are misogynists; according to Samy, they just see things as they are. And by the way: aren't all of Hanna's leftist friends just as extreme? Hanna and Samy end up opposed to each other. With their cell phones, the audience becomes part of the chat fora on which the isolated Samy moves. Do you follow him into the rabbit hole? Or stay out of it?
Rabbit Hole by de Toneelmakerij i.c.w. Theater Sonnevanck is an interactive and contemporary performance. In this unique cross-media environment, the dynamics of radicalization become crystal clear. the international version of Rabbit Hole was made, in a co-production by de Toneelmakerij with Akademie für Theater und Digitalität from Dortmund, the Austrian Schäxpir Festival and the Ars Electronica Centrum in Linz. For the interactive part of the performance, de Toneelmakerij and Theater Sonnevanck collaborated with Theater Utrecht's Innovation:Lab.
Credits
Text:
Daniel van Klaveren
Direction:
Paul Knieriem
Dramaturgy and international cooperation:
Paulien Geerlings
Costume design:
Studio Sabine Staartjes
Video & sound design:
Mario Simon, Booi Kluiving
Lighting design:
Jasper Nijholt
Acting:
Tomer Pawlicki, Gonca Karasu/ Bitha Babazadeh
Interactive components build on Getiyo.com:
Morphix Productions
Flfluid technical solutions:
Marco Mooren, Mees van der Wijk
Narrative & game design:
Jedidjah Julia Noomen
Development Digital Platform:
Innovation:Lab, Theater Utrecht
With thanks to:
Akademie für Theater und Digitalität, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Educational context program:
Martien Langman
Co-funded by:
European Union
Publicity image:
Jan Hoek
(c) Jan Hoek
