Natives I plays within the framework of The International Choice of the Rotterdamse Schouwburg (10 Sep - 2 Oct 2010) on location in the Rotterdam district of Pendrecht.
For the sequel Natives II, Wunderbaum interviewed residents of Pendrecht - with whom an intensive contact was established during the creative process - about the changes in their neighbourhood and about Wunderbaum’s presence just before being pulled down. What has changed in the neighbourhood? What is the municipality doing and what is the community doing? What do the citizens think about the crisis? What did they think of the presence of actor group Wunderbaum and their vision of the crisis?
Variations in doom-mongering.
In a flat in Rotterdam-Zuid (South Rotterdam), which is on the verge of being broken down, Wunderbaum depicts the consequences of the crisis, but is the crisis real? Is the world really going down badly, or are we just telling ourselves that it is? How do we behave when we are plagued by disasters beyond our imagination?
Natives I & II is social physical music theatre about a fantasy world in decline, and the pain of feeling displaced. Remco de Jong and Florentijn Boddendijk compose live music based on films about the end of time.
By and with
- Walter Bart
- Wine Dierickx
- Matijs Jansen
- Maartje Remmers
- Marleen Scholten
Music
- Florentijn Boddendijk
- Remco de Jong
Design
- Maarten van Otterdijk
Text
- Frank
- Hennie
- Inge
- Jan
- Michael
- geïnterviewd door Lex Bohlmeijer
Production coordinator
- Carry Hendriks
Photography
- Sofie Knijff (scenes)
- Fred Debrock (scenes)
- Maarten Van Otterdijk
Past dates
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February 2011
09
NTGent
Gent (BE) -
February 2011
05
NTGent
Gent (BE) -
February 2011
04
NTGent
Gent (BE) -
February 2011
03
NTGent
Gent (BE) -
January 2011
08
Theater de Maaspoort
Venlo (NL) -
January 2011
05
Toneelschuur
Haarlem (NL) -
December 2010
17
Theater aan het Spui
Den Haag (NL) -
December 2010
16
Musis Sacrum, Schouwburg
Arnhem (NL) -
December 2010
14
De Kortrijkse Schouwburg
Kortrijk (BE) -
December 2010
11
Monty
Antwerpen (BE) -
December 2010
10
Monty
Antwerpen (BE) -
December 2010
08
Stadsschouwburg
Utrecht (NL) -
December 2010
04
Frascati
Amsterdam (NL) -
December 2010
03
Frascati
Amsterdam (NL) -
December 2010
02
Frascati
Amsterdam (NL) -
December 2010
01
Frascati
Amsterdam (NL) -
October 2010
08
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
October 2010
07
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
October 2010
06
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
October 2010
02
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
October 2010
01
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
30
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
29
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
25
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
24
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
23
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
22
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
19
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
18
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
17
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
16
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
15
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
10
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL) -
September 2010
09
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL)
The actors play a portrait of a working-class neighbourhood just before its major renewal. The story of the crisis through the eyes of a heterogeneous community on the outskirts of Rotterdam.
From December 2010, the performance will be on tour in theatres in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Current projects
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A Family Portrait -
The queuer -
John & Gena