Fasten your seatbelt, there’s no estimated time of arrival
TRANSIT / XL
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By:
DeRonde/Deroo
Age:
XL
Genre:
Physical theater
Rotterdam
IN SHORT
TRANSIT is a physical, absurdly humorous performance about being eternally stuck in transit, where no one ever arrives. Through mime and surreal movement, it offers a cinematic glimpse into the restlessness and loneliness of endless journeys.
TRANSIT - fasten your seatbelt, there's no estimated time of arrival is a surreal physical performance about being stuck 'in between'. The feeling of an eternal transit zone at an airport where no plane ever arrives or departs. As you are waiting for help, with a suitcase in your hand, your body starts to shake as if there is an earthquake inside you. There is no one to help you. You're on your own. Advice? Enjoy it, because there is still a long way to go.
This absurd, dreamy and humorous performance takes a cinematic look at the feeling of never getting anywhere. In reality, we are more often on the go than arriving somewhere. We are always looking. We strive for happiness. We crave love. We're trying. We hope. We dream. We wish. We desire. So watch out for turbulence.
TRANSIT is a sequel to 'After The Echo', which won the Best of Fringe Award at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in 2021.
“In Dutch theater you don't often see makers build such a consistent and rich visual universe as Deroo and De Ronde”
– Theaterkrant
“Impactful, touching and, to quote one of the jury members: “freaking magical”
– Amsterdam Fringe Jury
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About the makers
DeRonde/Deroo consists of mimers Nick Deroo (Belgium, Ostend, 1990) and Tom de Ronde (Netherlands, Delft, 1997). Both studied at the Mime in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. There they found each other in their shared love for cinematic theater. DeRonde/Deroo creates dream worlds that will stay in your memory. As a viewer you enter a universe with its own rules and surreal moments. Their performances are often described as visually stunning poems. Tom and Nick are both active outside their collective; as a result they continue to challenge themselves and are inspired by artists around them.
Credits
DeRonde/Deroo
Nick Deroo, Tom de Ronde & Amber Veltman
Jethro Cooke
Grischa Runge
Karen de Meijer, Marrit van der Burgt
Jef van Gestel
Pol Eggermont
DVMSCO agency - Marieke van Dis
Joshua Walter
DeRonde/Deroo
Feikes Huis
Thanks to Annabel Koele, Stichting Mimeplatform, Makershuis Alkmaar, De Sloot, P.A.F., Mathijs Rijsdijk, De Waarbeek, Niels Nijs, Duo Savar, Irene Schaltegger and all the bumper car people.
This project is supported by Alkmaar Maakt Het, Olland-Buisman Stichting, AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Art), Fonds 21, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Fonds Podiumkunsten
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