Friends in the Country (5+)

Een vrolijke en ontroerende dansvoorstelling over de kracht en de schoonheid van de natuur.

The friends go into nature. No mini-garden but a real wilderness! They put on their dungarees, get their garden tools ready and off they go. They sow, they harvest, they dig and they rake the ground as fast as they can. Together they create a world of beautiful plants. Flowers to smell, plants to look at, vegetables to make your mouth water. And of course a tree for climbing and to swing from!

The friends are completely self sufficient. They don’t just grow their own food they recycle everything they can get their hands on.

Of course everything goes wrong. You can’t control nature can you? There is a hail shower, mould, fungus and a burst pipe recycled into a wonderful tool that suddenly collapses. But together the friends are strong and fortunately they always find a solution.

Friends in the Country is a sequel to the successful plan-d productions Friends on Vacation, Friends in the Winter and Friends in the library. A lively and moving dance performance about the power and beauty of nature. But also about the vulnerability of the environment; plastic soup in the sea, CO2 emissions and thawing ice floats. Whatever happens the friends don’t let each other down and always discover new things. Friends in the Country is therefore a wonderful ode to friendship, to fantasy and creativity.

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Friends in the country is a durable performance. We generate our own energy and we need the audience to help us. You have to help with generating electricity, making water spray, wind energy and claps of thunder.

There is a theatre version and also a version that can be performed outside during summer months.

Playlist

Show School Shows

Reeds geweest:

29.09.19
RotterdamMaaspodium
14.05.19
ArnhemMusiater
14.05.19
ArnhemMusiater
13.05.19
ArnhemMusiater
05.05.19 Bevrijdingsfestival
ZwolleHet Wezenlandenpark
05.05.19 Bevrijdingsfestival
ZwolleHet Wezenlandenpark
24.04.19
LeuvenTheaterwerkplaats Compagnie Tartaren
18.04.19
DiemenHet Atelier
11.04.19
AmsterdamAchthoek
12.03.19
VlissingenArsenaaltheater
12.03.19
VlissingenArsenaaltheater
10.03.19
WeespCity of Wesopa
20.11.18
Den HaagKorzo theater
20.11.18
Den HaagKorzo Theater
19.11.18
Den HaagKorzo Theater
13.11.18
TilburgTheaters Tilburg
13.11.18
TilburgTheaters Tilburg
10.11.18
HeerenveenPosthuis theater
05.11.18
TielSchouwburg Agnietenhof
25.10.18 Mini-festival plan -d
Den HaagNieuwe regentes
16.10.18
LommelCC Adelberg
16.10.18
LommelCC Adelberg
30.09.18
AmsterdamMaakland
23.09.18
NieuwegeinDe Kom
16.09.18
LelystadKubus Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur
16.09.18
LelystadKubus Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur
15.09.18
LelystadKubus Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur
15.09.18
LelystadKubus Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur
09.09.18
AmsterdamMaakland
16.07.18
LelystadBasisschool Het Mozaiëk
15.07.18
Castricum aan ZeeFestival Bakkum vertelt
11.06.18
Almere
10.06.18
Park van Vorst (B)Ten Weyngaertvorst - Kinderkunstfestival
09.06.18
Park van Vorst (B)Ten Weyngaertvorst - Kinderkunstfestival
24.05.18
AmsterdamJeugdland
24.05.18
AmsterdamJeugdland
03.05.18
Biljmerparktheater, AmsterdamBijlmerparktheater
17.12.17
AmstelveenAmstelveens Poppentheater
27.11.17
Theaters Tilburg, TilburgTheaters Tilburg
26.11.17
Theaters Tilburg, TilburgTheaters Tilburg
14.11.17
Biljmerparktheater, AmsterdamBijlmerparktheater
05.11.17
WoerdenTheater Het Klooster
02.11.17
Den HaagHolland Dance festival
01.11.17
Holland Dance, Den HaagHolland Dance Festival
26.10.17
Ostade, A'damOstadetheater
24.10.17
Stadsschouwburg De HarmonieStadsschouwburg De Harmonie
16.10.17
MaasPodium (theater en dans), RotterdamMaasPodium
15.10.17
MaasPodium (theater en dans), RotterdamMaasPodium (theater en dans)
14.10.17 Première
Den HaagTheater Dakota
12.10.17 try-out
ZaandamZaantheater
04.10.17
MaastrichtCentre céramique
17.09.17
Klein VennepKlein boerderij
17.09.17
Klein VennepKlein boerderij
16.09.17
Klein VennepKlein boerderij
16.09.17
Klein VennepKlein boerderij
10.07.17
Ridderspoorpark, AmsterdamS.O. Heldring
09.07.17
AmsterdamErasmuspark
09.07.17
AmsterdamErasmuspark
25.06.17 Zomer in de Mare - Park Alkmaar Noord
TAQA Theater Vest, AlkmaarTAQA Theater Vest
24.06.17
DrachtenDe Lawei/Schouwburg
24.06.17
DrachtenDe Lawei/Schouwburg
23.06.17
DrachtenDe Lawei/Schouwburg
23.06.17
DrachtenDe Lawei/Schouwburg

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Trailer Friends in the Country (theatre performance)

Trailer Friends in the Country (performance outside)

"An associative, almost clownesque physical performance. Nicely shaped, beautiful concept, good mixture of text and music. A pleasant meandering children's play that tickles your imagination.”

Leeuwarder Courant

The three big performances where solid. Spunky. For example Andreas Denk and his plan d-, who with his 'Friends in the Country', presented a succesfuly made children's play about sustainability.

Dagblad van het Noorden

'There are all kinds of machines; to make wind or thunder. The public can participate.'

Haarlems Dagblad

Simmerdeis is as environmental friendly as can be. The theme is visible everything, also on a contentual level. Like in 'Friends in the Country' of plan d-. In this performance the theme is well addressed with a younger crowd in mind.

Dagblad van het Noorden

Credits

Concept/choreography Andreas Denk
Dance Andreas Denk, Ilija Surla
Direction Ton Offerman
Music Marit Thus
Set and light design Pink Steenvoorden / Einstein design
Repetitor Josephine van Rheenen
Photo /graphic design Es &Zn - Esther de Boer
Stage photography René den Engelsman, Menno van der Meulen
Production Wendy Grin
PR & Marketing Hedwig van der Zwaal
Financial Management Britt Arp
Office assistent Ian Borthwick

Education

Voor deze voorstelling bestaan op aanvraag aanvullende educatieve activiteiten.