View a penetrating portrait in the performance Wat Soesto, visit the Art and Culture 4-Days, experience a dark dance performance, watch dystopian films or visit the Gastronomy Festival.
“What Soesto!” sketches a penetrating portrait
Based on the experiences of Freark Smink sketches What Soesto! a poignant portrait of a contemporary farmer. Main character Frans can still remember how as a boy he lay stretched out in the grass and listen to the birds. How proud he was to be a farmer’s son! Under the strict hand of his father, Frans learned to become a farmer himself. It wasn’t always easy, no matter how hard his mother tried to protect him. Later, as an independent farmer, Frans had to deal with demands from the government and pressure from society. He would almost feel ashamed of his profession. Frans therefore takes stock.
What should he do with his time if he were to stop? Why doesn’t society say more clearly what they expect from farmers, so that he can finally be proud to be a farmer again? Under the direction of Jos Thie, Freark Smink plays the farmer himself and Klaasje Postma plays his mother. After The Emigrant , Feterans and It who on in Simmerjûn is thus another special representation of Pier21 traveling through the north.
Roden – De Pompstee Hall Center, Fri 8 p.m., 23.50 euros
Studio route along 26 artists
The Stichting Kunst en Cultuur 4-Daagse Midden Drenthe Foundation aims to bring art and culture as close as possible to the inhabitants of Midden-Drenthe. Organizes since 2002 the Art and Culture 4-Days a studio route every year. The foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, which is why the month of September is dominated by a studio route, in which twenty-six artists participate.
A number of side activities are also organised, such as workshops for children, Eat and Meet, theater performances and lectures. On the website www.kunstcultuur4daagse.nl contains more information about the program and the locations.
Province of Drenthe – various locations, until September 30, free
Dance performance in the pitch dark
Thirty appearances out of darkness by Arno Schuitemaker is a dance performance that takes place in the pitch dark. A group of performers moves across the stage. They are not all visible at the same time, but their presence can always be felt. They appear and disappear, are found and are lost again. This gives impressive images, enchanting, mysterious and hypnotic. Everything and everyone is absorbed into a new, limitless dimension, a place of endless possibilities.
A world is created with its own kind of gravity. Arno Schuitemaker is once again joining forces with composer Aart Strootman and lighting designer Jean Kalman. With him he made his last two performances, including The Way You Sound Tonight, winner of the Swan 2019 for the most impressive dance production.
Groningen – SPOT/Stadsschouwburg, Wed 8.15 p.m., 22.50 euros
Dystopia in dark science fiction movies
In September, Forum Groningen will focus the spotlight on dystopian films. From a safe, comfortable seat, visitors can immerse themselves in a diverse series of (modern) classics in which humanity lost out. Filmmakers have been researching since the film Metropolis (1927) the boundaries between fact and fiction in dystopian visions that are as fascinating as they are disturbing.
Because whether you live under a large dome due to the effects of pollution, live an underground existence due to a deadly pandemic or every aspect of your life is guarded by the government: the reality is fortunately far away, but never far to seek. There are many titles on the program including Twelve Monkeys , Blade Runner and The Trial . Come to Forum Groningen in September and judge for yourself whether the predictions from the film about life in our time spot on goods.
Groningen – Groninger Forum, daily until September 28, 11 euros
Culinary feast at Gastronomy Festival | Advertisement
Lovers of culinary snacks and delicious drinks will get their money’s worth at the second edition of the Gastronomie Festival in Groningen. At the Gastronomy Festival 2022, restaurants, eateries, chefs, specialty shops and local producers present their dishes, drinks and regional products to the public.
This year too, visitors can enjoy many stands with fish, meat and vegetarian dishes, wines, special beers, regional delicacies, desserts, culinary snacks and more.
Groningen – EM2, Sat 3 pm, from 15.75 euros
You can find more outings at dvhn.nl/agenda
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