INFO
Welcome to the future. Welcome to club Noir. Outside, the world has been taken over by algorithms, a.i.’s and drones, but you are safe here in this analog sanctuary. The interdisciplinary play Noir explores to what extent humankind can still be human in a fully automated future. To what extent can we still be unbiased and free of thought and action when everything is programmed? Harbouring in abandoned office buildings, the nomadic theater collective Nineties shows a night full of dystopian foresighted acts, musical déjà-vu’s and characters that are lost in translation in a technological future nightmare.
Nineties notices a thematic parallel between current turmoils and those depicted in film noir. After WWII, which caused a lot of social shifts, skepticism and distrust remained in the Western world. Film noir stylized the fears and alienation that were a product of these shifts: emancipation of women, immigrants, ethnic diversity, corruption and technological advancement.
PLAYDATES
2017
28 november (try-out) – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
29 november (try-out) –Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
30 november (première) –Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
1 december – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
2 december –Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
13 december – Kytopia, Utrecht – i.s.m. Theater Kikker
14 december – Kytopia, Utrecht – i.s.m. Theater Kikker
15 december – Kytopia, Utrecht – i.s.m. Theater Kikker
22 december – Worm, Rotterdam
23 december – Worm, Rotterdam
2018
16 januari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue 17 januari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
18 januari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
20 januari – NWE Vorst, Tilburg
23 januari – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag
24 januari – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag
30 januari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue 31 januari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
1 februari – Tripolis, Amsterdam – i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
17/18/19 augustus – Lowlands, Biddinghuizen
4 november – Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
15 november – Kunstencentrum Nona, Mechelen BE
17 november – Monty, Antwerpen BE
22 november – Parktheater, Eindhoven
11 december – Amsterdam, i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
12 december – Amsterdam, i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
13 december – Amsterdam, i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
14 december – Amsterdam, i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
15 december – Amsterdam, i.s.m. Theater Bellevue
NEW
2019
24 mei – Rotterdam, Theater Hofplein
30 mei – Leiden
31 mei – Leiden
GALLERY

CREDITS
On Stage: Yannick Noomen, Charlie Chan Dagelet, Stephanie Louwrier, Sanne den Hartogh, Christiaan Verbeek Off stage: Anne Maike Mertens, Floor Houwink ten Cate Coach: Matijs Jansen Sound and lighting: Marijn van Bussel en Sanne Hensen (Lichtontwerp, afstudeer project) Lichting coach: Marijn de Jong Costume design: Carmen Schabracq en Nola Pistache van Timmeren Production: Pamela Menzo, Jona Rens en Suzan Slinger (stage) PR Marketing: Esra Merkel Business manager: Mara Aronson Photo’s: Julian Maiwald Graphic design: Joost de Haas Coproducer: Paradiso Melkweg Productiehuis Supported by: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Lira Fonds, Fonds 21, BNG Cultuurfonds, Stadsdeel Amsterdam Zuid, Theater Bellevue en Tripolis.
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