Theater company Wabi Sabi Theater from Assen has theater production Justifiably Won the young swan, for the most impressive youth dance production. “Not expected that we would get recognition so quickly.”
It is not the first prize to win the theater company for the exhibition. Earlier this year, the Zilveren Krekel was also won, for the most impressive theater production.
“I am very happy that there is so much appreciation from several angles,” says a delighted Maarten Smit, who is the exhibition Justifiably Among other things, wrote and directed. “We are a fairly new theater company and I did not expect that we would get recognition so quickly.”
The theater pieces that Wabi Sabi Theater play often have a social theme. Goes so Justifiably About the question ‘How do we deal with guilt’ in the context of the Dutch legal system.
“I come on topics, because I have questions about something and I try to turn it into chocolate for myself. If you start it further, you often end up on a social theme.
The next exhibition that Wabi Sabi Theater will play, contra, has again a social theme. The show gives a picture of the daily reality of police officers. Smit also did extensive preliminary investigation for this performance and spoke with several agents about their work. The theater tour of this performance starts in just under a year, in September 2026.