Vloedelingen

27/06/2015

Vloedelingen is my graduation project, an interactive theatre show with a playing audience who experience and play with the dynamics of social and political walls.

Vloedelingen mixes games, roleplay and audience interaction to create a live theatre experience, in order to reach a playful discussion about political themes.

The Mainland has flooded after a reckless and apocalyptic storm. At least half of the country has been reclaimed by the sea. A group of surviving Mainlanders hope to flee to the island situated to the north, but the Islanders have also been affected by the storm.
With dwindling resources and deep-rooted prejudices, there seems to be
no co-operation in sight.

As the audience, you’re either an Islander or a Mainlander.
The audience actively decides the course of the story in a playful manner.
Will you manage and divide the scarce resources well?
Will you unite the two groups or protect your people at all costs?

Vloedelingen is mostly aimed to explore the experiences and dynamics around the very current themes of immigration, asylum seekers and prejudice, and attempts to immerse the audience into a playful yet engaging experience so as to encourage reflection and discussion on those topics.

Vloedelingen was played and discussed at:

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten: Several times as test shows.

Festival VERS Vlees: 28th & 29th May in NUtrecht, Utrecht

HKU Graduation Expo: 12th-14th June in Het Huis, Utrecht

Butterfly Works (tailored version): 23rd June in NDSM Werf, Amsterdam

Vloedelingen was also realised by:

Nico Groenenberg, Eduard de Vos & Yentl de Lange (actor-facilitators)

Joel Vegt & Rosa Frabsnap

Gerben van Melle (voice acting)

Read the research & process blog here.