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From
the press:
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And there is the cozy "Objectomania"tent in which
the TAMTAM theatrecompany shows the production "To Have
Or No To Have".
This
Shakespearian fairytale with as main characters only rusty archaic
tools is a praise to the childlike power of imagination. A
pair of garden scissors become a crow high in the air, a
mole-trap in the sand is a crab or a scorpion.
With
minimal means (a sandtable and some old stuff) the
performers Gérard Schiphorst and Marije van der Sande
create a fantasyworld with a prehistoric atmosphere in which
the balance is disturbed by the growing consciousness of
"property". Pliers and mole-trap fight each other
in a life and death struggle for a mysterious packet.
Gradually
they dig in deeper into their trenches, they build defence-walls
and hide behind castle walls or behind a drawbridge.
Eventually they even start using of weapons. And why?
TAMTAM
very cleverly links
a serious message from the grown-up world to heart-warming
childlike entertaining play." NRC handelsblad
"The
most beautiful performance (of the festival) is To have Or
Not To Have by TAMTAM, who already performed before on the
Boulevard. In a a sandpit rejected objects fight for a
little bag that a bird dropped in the sand.
Gérard
Schiphorst and Marije van der Sande passionately manipulate pliers,
grass-scissors, wall-anchors and a lot of other objects.
With their great mimic skills the players amplify the lively
movements or the objects in the sand. Hilarious and
inventive, but the play also makes you think about greed and
the causes of war. ( Brabants Dagblad)
"a cross-over of theatre, visual arts and music"
NRC Next
"
on a long sandtable a very special visual performance
unrolls that keeps you watching breathlessly" (Noorderzon
Times"
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