Hassan and Moos are best friends. At school, they have a ritual together. Every break, they go out for fries together at the cafeteria near school. Their gimmick is that Moos always bring his own jar of mayonnaise, because it’s cheaper, and Hassan gladly joins in.
One day, they make a TikTok showing how much this saves them in the long run and how many extra fries they can buy for it. Their video is a hit, and they go viral.
They keep making Tiktoks, and call themselves the mayo brothers. Hassan is Muslim, Moos is Jewish. As the mayo brothers, they mock each other and their backgrounds. Because they are friends, they can push each other quite far, until the Israel-Palestine conflict flares up again and puts their friendship on edge. At the start of the play, their animosity has reached a peak, also because of followers demanding them to take sides. Will they be able to reconcile and bring the mayo brothers back online?
Hassan en Moos premiered this April at the Young Europe IV festival in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The performance will tour Dutch high schools in 2025.
