In the live radio play Gran Canaria, wie neemt ons mee? we follow Gerard and Marcel, two men who meet at a bus stop just outside the strictly religious village of Grafsloot.
While they wait for a bus that may never come, a tragicomic dialogue unfolds – against their will – about being stuck and getting moving, the illusion of a controllable life and the question of how to do it, being human. Gerard, a man of the old school, drags his past with him in a worn plastic bag. Marcel, a financial consultant living on projections and timelines, is slowly bogged down in the arithmetic of his own existence. What begins as an accidental encounter develops into the smallest possible drama – precisely because of everything that is left unsaid.
This performance is part of the Explore the North Hub. From June 13 to 22, we present work by talents connected to our production house scattered across the island. Explore the North is a production house and festival based at Podium Explore in Leeuwarden.
Nicole van den Berg (1988) lives, works and walks in Leeuwarden. She likes to write about all the ways people try to make the best of things. In 2021 she published Het Losloopveld, a self-illustrated collection of short and even shorter stories. She regularly created new work for literary projects in recent years, including The Wonders Room, Deferred Happiness and #NewStuff. She published them in NRC Handelsblad, Leeuwarder Courant and De Moanne.
Credits
Concept and text: Nicole van den Berg
Play: Raymond Muller, Douwe Dijkstra
Recording and sound design: Lake Woozoo
Music: Studio Liftmuziek
Production support: Sander Koning, Eva van Netten
Advice: Hanneke Hendrix, Marleen Nagtegaal, Mark Hospers
Thanks to
Made possible by the Dutch Foundation for Literature, Explore the North and the Culture Fund.
