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Me and Mr. Jansen
4 MAY 2023
20:00 — 21:00
Boekhandel Perdu
5 MAY 2023
20:00 — 21:00
Boekhandel Perdu
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It all started when the narrator stumbled across a black-and-white photograph of a raid in 1943. In the image, he recognised his current home in the centre of Amsterdam.

An elderly couple was pulled out of the building by men in white coats, officers of the SS.

What should a storyteller do with such a tale ? He peels off the layers of the past, awakens sleeping ghosts, like the Dutch barber who lived on the ground floor, Mr Jansen. He interrogates him about forgotten secrets, distant memories of buried sins.

Me and Mr. Jansen is an engaging solo narrative performance that invites the audience to look beyond notions of “right” and “wrong”. Who plays innocent and who wears the traitor’s costume? Can we actually choose which roles we play or are we nothing but figures caught in the wheel of history, endlessly repeating our roles?

Please note the language of this performance is English.

Me and Mr. Jansen
4 MAY 2023
20:00 — 21:00
Boekhandel Perdu
Kloveniersburgwal 86
Amsterdam
5 MAY 2023
20:00 — 21:00
Boekhandel Perdu
Kloveniersburgwal 86
Amsterdam
Part of Theater Na de Dam Kaarten: €12.50
Organised by
Raphael Rodan & Titus Tiel Groenestege
Theater Na de Dam
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