In co-production with de Warme Winkel, Wine Dierickx can be seen in Freaky Friday Face Off.
It is taught to you as a child, you practice it your whole life, but it remains one of the most difficult things to do: putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.
In Freaky Friday Face Off, the actors take this quite literally: they become the other person. Lightning strikes or a magical evening goes awry, and suddenly bodies are swapped. A man becomes a woman, a heterosexual becomes gay, the old become young. You’re familiar with the concept from ordinary Hollywood films: body swapping guarantees spectacle. Or did these popcorn blockbusters always have a secretly philosophical undertone?
Through a clever role-playing game, we examine our fascination with identity. Can you tell someone’s story if you haven’t experienced their history firsthand? Is that super-empathetic or rather an embarrassing form of appropriation? Can an actor truly portray someone else, or is acting a form of art that belongs to the past, like fresco?
Freaky Friday Face Off is a spectacularly spiritual performance that delves into confronting self-examination, dramatic strings, perverse family relationships, and soaring pigeons. It’s a kaleidoscopic hall of mirrors where not only bullets, but also mental artillery, fly around you.
The performance will premiere on October 26 and can be seen in the Netherlands and Belgium until March 2024.
Text
- Florian Myjer
- Marieke de Zwaan
Director
- Ward Weemhoff
Acting
- Abatutu
- Yassine Chigri
- Wine Dierickx
- Tessa Jonge Poerink
- Florian Myjer
Set design
- Theun Mosk
Sound Design
- Marijn Brussaard
Lighting design
- Scott Robin Jun
Costume design
- Valérie Pos
Producer
- De Warme Winkel
co-producer
- Wunderbaum
- Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Past dates
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March 2024
28
De Grote Post
Oostende -
March 2024
26
Stadsschouwburg
Nijmegen -
March 2024
23
Stadsschouwburg de Harmonie
Leeuwarden -
March 2024
19
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
-
March 2024
18
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
-
March 2024
17
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
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March 2024
15
Theater aan de Parade
Den Bosch -
December 2023
21
Kunstlinie
Almere -
December 2023
20
SPOT
Groningen -
December 2023
14
Theater de Veste
Delft -
December 2023
10
Theater Rotterdam
-
December 2023
09
Theater Rotterdam
-
December 2023
08
Theater de Maaspoort
Venlo -
December 2023
06
Schouwburg Amstelveen
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December 2023
05
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
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December 2023
02
Leidse Schouwburg - Stadsgehoorzaal
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December 2023
01
Deventer Schouwburg
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November 2023
23
Het Nationale Theater
Den Haag -
November 2023
22
Theater de Veste
Alkmaar -
November 2023
19
NTGent
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November 2023
01
Stadsschouwburg Velsen
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October 2023
27
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
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October 2023
26
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (premiere)
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October 2023
25
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Current projects
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John & Gena -
Die Hundekot-Attacke -
WUNDERBAUM plays LIVE (online it's a mess)