Theatre

Bij het kanaal naar links

Two families are living on a war footing. One day the son of the one family goes against his father’s wishes and seeks a rapprochement with the other family, triggering an ill-fated development. 

The Dutch film and theatre-maker Alex van Warmerdam wrote and directed a penetrating play for Olympique Dramatique and his own company, De Mexicaanse Hond. Van Warmerdam compares his style to nature films: “In that genre you see animals mate, eat and even eat each other. My characters do this, too; they fight, mate and devour each other one by one.” 

“This is up there with the best of what Dutch theatre has produced in the last forty years.” – Loek Zonneveld in de Groene Amsterdammer, May 19th 2011

“Nothing is simply funny or sad, charming or brazen, there is always another layer. Bij het kanaal naar links is the sort of play of which there are few. (...) And it is because this sort of contemporary theatre is so rarely considered that this production is so unexpected. So simple, so clear, so fresh. I would even go so far as to say: so brilliant.” – Stijn Dierckx in De Morgen, March 19th 2011

The play was shortlisted for the Nederlandse Theaterfestival in 2011.

text, director & set design

  • Alex van Warmerdam

performance

  • Eva van de Wijdeven
  • Pierre Bokma
  • Annet Malherbe
  • Tom Dewispelaere
  • Stijn Van Opstal
  • Aat Ceelen

light design

  • Stefan Dijkman

costume design

  • Lies Van Assche

production

  • De Mexicaanse Hond
  • Orkater
  • Toneelhuis
  • Olympique Dramatique

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  1. Thursday 17 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  2. Friday 18 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  3. Saturday 19 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  4. Sunday 20 March 2011 — 15h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  5. Wednesday 23 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  6. Thursday 24 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  7. Friday 25 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  8. Saturday 26 March 2011 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  9. Tuesday 29 March 2011 — CC Kortrijk, Kortrijk
  10. Wednesday 30 March 2011 — CCHA, Hasselt
  11. Thursday 31 March 2011 — CC De Spil, Roeselare
  12. Friday 1 April 2011 — CC De Werf, Aalst
  13. Tuesday 5 April 2011 — 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven
  14. Wednesday 6 April 2011 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  15. Thursday 7 April 2011 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  16. Friday 8 April 2011 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  17. Saturday 9 April 2011 — NTGent/Schouwburg, Gent
  18. Tuesday 12 April 2011 — Philharmonie, Haarlem
  19. Wednesday 13 April 2011 — Philharmonie, Haarlem
  20. Thursday 14 April 2011 — Theater De Spiegel, Zwolle
  21. Saturday 16 April 2011 — Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie, Leeuwarden
  22. Monday 18 April 2011 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  23. Tuesday 19 April 2011 — Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  24. Thursday 21 April 2011 — Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  25. Friday 22 April 2011 — Theater De Veste, Delft
  26. Saturday 23 April 2011 — Rabotheater, Hengelo (OV)
  27. Tuesday 26 April 2011 — Stadsschouwburg en Muziekcentrum, Enschede
  28. Wednesday 27 April 2011 — Theater De Vest, Alkmaar
  29. Thursday 28 April 2011 — Warande/Schouwburg, Turnhout
  30. Friday 29 April 2011 — Schouwburg De Lawei, Drachten - Smallingerland
  31. Sunday 1 May 2011 — de meervaart, Amsterdam
  32. Tuesday 3 May 2011 — Parktheater, Eindhoven
  33. Thursday 5 May 2011 — CC Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas
  34. Friday 6 May 2011 — Chassé Theater, Breda
  35. Saturday 7 May 2011 — Stadsschouwburg Velsen, IJmuiden
  36. Tuesday 10 May 2011 — Stadsschouwburg, Nijmegen
  37. Wednesday 11 May 2011 — Schouwburg en Filmtheater Agnietenhof, Tiel
  38. Thursday 12 May 2011 — het Park, Hoorn (NH)
  39. Friday 13 May 2011 — Schouwburg, Amstelveen
  40. Saturday 14 May 2011 — Theaters, Tilburg
  41. Wednesday 18 May 2011 — Zaantheater, Zaandam - Zaanstad
  42. Thursday 19 May 2011 — Schouwburg Kunstmin, Dordrecht
  43. Friday 20 May 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  44. Saturday 21 May 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  45. Sunday 22 May 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  46. Sunday 22 May 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  47. Monday 23 May 2011 — Grote zaal ITA, Amsterdam
  48. Wednesday 25 May 2011 — Stadsschouwburg, Arnhem
  49. Saturday 28 May 2011 — Stadstheater, Zoetermeer
  50. Monday 30 May 2011 — Deventer schouwburg, Deventer
  51. Tuesday 31 May 2011 — Castellum, Alphen a/dRijn, Alphen aan den Rijn
  52. Wednesday 1 June 2011 — De Goudse schouwburg, Gouda
  53. Friday 3 June 2011 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  54. Tuesday 7 June 2011 — Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch - s Hertogenbosch
  55. Thursday 9 June 2011 — Schouwburg De Meerse, Hoofddorp
  56. Friday 10 June 2011 — Schouwburg Almere, Almere
  57. Saturday 11 June 2011 — Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
  58. Thursday 8 September 2011 — Nederlands Theaterfestival, Amsterdam
  59. Friday 9 September 2011 — Nederlands Theaterfestival, Amsterdam
  60. Saturday 10 September 2011 — Nederlands Theaterfestival, Amsterdam
  61. Saturday 17 September 2011 — SPOT Groningen, Groningen
  62. Wednesday 12 October 2011 — HNT/Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
  63. Tuesday 25 September 2012 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  64. Wednesday 26 September 2012 — 21h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen

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