Us/Them

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Event Us/Them
Venue Circa Theatre (1994-), Wellington, New Zealand
Umbrella Event New Zealand Festival 2018
First Date 16 March 2018
Opening Date 16 March 2018
Last Date 18 March 2018
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This “astonishingly assured” (The Guardian) drama comes to New Zealand following sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival and London’s National Theatre. Based on the experiences of children who lived through the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, Us/Them – the break-out hit show from Brussels youth theatre company BRONKS – portrays extreme events but through a child’s eyes. Despite the potentially harrowing subject matter, the experience is naively wonderful and unsettlingly funny. Two children sketch a map onto a wide bare stage. They are intent, urgent. It has to be accurate. Part of the staggering achievement of Us/Them is that its two performers are able to start with a simple physical act of abstract map-making and open up an entire world of the mind. Thrilling, often humorous and with a deft lightness of touch.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gytha Parmentier Actor
Roman van Houtven Actor
Carly Wijs Director
Carly Wijs Writer
Works
Text Nationality Belgium
Production Nationality Belgium
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme New Zealand Festival 2018 programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 157231