Nachtschade is an intimate performance about longing, loneliness and family, directed by Belle van Heerikhuizen and written by Annet Bremen.
An intimate performance about longing, loneliness in the big city and family
Belle van Heerikhuizen: "The woman in Nightshade struggles with her loneliness and, in response, deploys her femininity as a weapon. But behind her behavior lies a deep sadness. Is she too fragile for the world? Or is the world too hard for her? I want to look at her with gentle eyes, at a woman full of contradictions. A woman who yearns for contact, but loses in the attempt at contact."
From Heerikhuizen made af last season the acclaimed Guilty Child, selected for the Nederlands Theater Festival. A performance about the aftermath of the relationship of an eleven-year-old boy with an adult man, based on the autobiographical work of writer Ted van Lieshout.
Annet Bremen writes light performances about poignant subjects. For Do You Want a Candy? (2022), about children's fear and fascination with kidnapping, she previously collaborated with Belle van Heerikhuizen. Last season she wrote the acclaimed F*CK LOLITA, in which numerous rape myths are debunked and she gives the floor to Lolita.
