Theatergroep Max.
Theatergroep Max.
Clear yet whimsical
Language:
English (German)
Contact:
Theatergroep Max. produces theatre for anyone who feels young; on location, in small and large auditoriums. Max. productions are close and intimate, magnificent and compelling, personal and universal, and use a maximum variety of theatrical resources. The actors at Max. act largely in character in stories that are often absurd or magical.
Max. is a company that combines quality with accessibility and where experiments are playful, jolly and absurd. And where the educational basis is taken seriously as a matter of course.
Max. productions display the clarity of a child’s drawing combined with the whimsicality of a child’s thought processes. A treat for both children and adults.
International:
During the past few years, Theatergroep Max. has performed Love, Voorstelling waarin hopelijk niets gebeurt/Performance in which hopefully nothing happens (8+) and Vallende meisjes/Falling Girls (6+) outside the Benelux, mainly at international theatre festivals in countries including Scotland, Canada and Russia. Soms verdwaal ik in een draak/Once upon a dragon (4+) and Dochters van Lear/Lear’s Daughters (8+) are also suitable for the international stage. Performance in which hopefully nothing happens won the Gouden Krekel 2005 as the ‘most impressive production’. The German press wrote the following comment on this production: ‘Völlig absurd, völlig witzig (...) ein absurdes, witziges und ironisches Stück - auf clevere Art anspruchsvoll.’
The Scottish press on Love: ‘Without being cynical, these young actors show how laughable the whole business is. (...) A show that derives its strength from its obvious basis in the truth of improvisations drawn from their own life experience, usually hilariously so.’
Lear’s Daughters, photo: Joep Lennarts
Youth Theatre