Setdesign of The Woman with the Beard, text and direction Koos Terpstra, Noord Nederlands Toneel, opening night April 10 2007
The ‘Woman with the Beard’ is about the ‘grand circus of lying’, but in the first place a tribute to love. A theatre tour along the main stage theatres in two versions. In the first version the audience is seated criss-cross all over the stage within the scenery. The scenes take place between the spectators or side-stage between the blue curtains. At the end the entire décor is lifted into the roof of the stage, the main character, the politician, is seated just by himself in the main auditorium. In the other version associations of Fellini are evoked by a real merry-go-round, an horizon that is film-studio-blue, the low-hanging lamps, and a baby elephant The carroussel makes only one turn during the entire performance: At the end when the politician stays behind alone.
Text and direction: Koos Terpstra
Actors: Lotje van Lunteren, Martijn de Rijk, Marieke de Kleine, Joris Smit, Loek Peters, Yorick Zwart, Guus Boswijk, Koen Wouterse, Bram Douwes en Harm Naaijer, Veerle van Overloop, Iwan Walhain, Aafke Buringh, Wolter Muller, Jef Hoogmartens, Wouter de Jong, Neal Lewis, Niels Croiset, Gary Blufpand, Nico van der Wijk
Setdesign: Roos van Geffen
Costumedesign Freja Roelofs
Lightdesign: Kiek Groendijk
Sounddesign: Martin Lambeek
Photo's: Karel Zwaneveld and Roos van Geffen
Review De Telegraaf, April 13, 2007
(...) a fascinating theatrical mosaic. (...)
Review NRC Handelsblad, April 14, 2007
The final scène of the woman is moving. The merry-go-around makes another turn in the background, the popgroup U2 sings ‘All I want is you’. (...)
Review in De Groene Amsterdammer, April, 2007
The final scène is as hard as rock. Terpstra and his ensemble have delivered a master-piece that will resonate for a long time.
