Are you single, and would you like to go to the theater for a night, but is the threshold too high? Because going to the theater on your own is pretty uncomfortable. The new Kolk in Assen offers the new theater season a solution. With thirty performances there will be a saint table, where you can work with others.
The initiative is thanks to the Rotary Assen-Noord, who will occupy this saint table with its thirty voluntary members per turn. Rotaryl member Hans Jansen is an instigator of the social idea.
He saw the ‘good example’ when visiting Theater De Lievekamp in Oss. “I found a famous lady of mine at such a table there. She was there to have a chat, and told me about the concept of the saint table.” And Jansen immediately picked up that idea, and then copying it in Assen.
The principle is very simple, says Jansen. “It is a kind of main table, manned by a few members of our Rotary, and intended to offer company or cosiness for a theater visit for everyone who wants to. Because you shouldn’t press a stigma on it. But it might take the threshold a bit away for the single theater visitor.”
After the season presentation last night in DNK, including the introduction of the new Institute Table, a woman was immediately enthusiastic about Jansen. “She was a new resident of Assen, and said she would like to use it. She saw this as a wonderful opportunity to make new contacts.”
According to spokesperson Ellen Kadijk, the new Kolk was also enthusiastic when Jansen approached the theater. “Because the threshold for single people is reduced in this way. And we don’t hear it directly from single people, that they avoid the theater for this. But the need will certainly be. And this is such a nice concept.”
The table comes in a prominent place in the Theaterfoyer, and according to Kadijk a special board has already been made for recognition. The fact that the initiative is limited to theater theater performances in the coming season is due to the size of the Rotary club. “We are only with thirty people and every time with two volunteers want to guide the table. We are going to try it together for a year, to see how it works out. And then maybe more next year. I hope so, because we are looking forward to it,” says Jansen.
You don’t have to sign up in advance for the situish table. “Everyone is free to go where he wants. And whoever wants to sit down can do that. It must remain as accessible as possible. And if it works, we will definitely continue with it,” Kadijk concludes.