T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
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On request<br />
Contact<br />
Artistic directors: Paul van der Laan en Jochem<br />
Stavenuiter<br />
T +31 (0)20 – 463 67 21<br />
E postbus@bambie.demon.nl<br />
I www.bambie.org<br />
Agency: Bureau Berbee, Inke Berbee,<br />
www.bureauberbee.nl<br />
Extreme, physical<br />
Bambie<br />
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Bambie is the theatre company led by Paul van der Laan and Jochem Stavenuiter, which works<br />
with alternating guest actors. Apart from the numbering, Bambie’s productions stand out for<br />
their extreme physical style. Bambie ‘speaks’ in effects and actions, in fights and embraces.<br />
Source: the human body, mirror of the soul, manager of impulses, urges, dreams and frustrations.<br />
Inner motivation is magnified to the extreme, showing how it can rule people’s lives,<br />
making them cling on until it almost kills them. Mankind as a Don Quixote: magnificent in his<br />
drive for action, but diminutive in his fears. A challengingly endearing view of mankind; there is<br />
good reason for the company choosing the name Bambie.<br />
The company’s productions show how images from outside can influence mankind. The attitude<br />
and clothing of the powerful earthmen in Bambie 6. The pile of lifeless bodies in Gorilla<br />
meets Bambie. They suggest the most bizarre scenes, purely by movement. The physical illusionism<br />
of mime in optima forma.<br />
The characters in Bambie productions can pant and scream, mumble and spout. And if required<br />
by the scene, an actor may even use his voice.<br />
International<br />
During the last few years, Bambie has performed in South-Africa (the Klein Karoo Nasionale<br />
Kunstenfees, Bambie 6), Brazil (Bambie 6), Croatia (Bambie 6), Iran (FADJR festival, Bambie 8), Switzerland<br />
(Bambie 9), Germany (Bambie 7), Bolivia (Oleg Oleg Oleg). Bambie also gave workshops in<br />
Brazil, Egypt and Iran. At the 2004 Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre, Bambie’s<br />
production of Bambie 8 won prizes for best production and best direction. Bambie 10, in which<br />
four absurd characters barricade themselves behind the conviction of their rightness, has not<br />
yet toured internationally.<br />
Bambie 8<br />
Photo: Ben van Duin<br />
The Dutch on tour Physical, site-specific and object theatre<br />
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