“Someone delivering a monologue while doing a backward somersault over a colleague’s back: you don’t see that often. Astonishing.” (NRC)
CONTRA, a co-production between Wabi Sabi, Het Houten Huis, and HIIIT, is off to a flying start. The site-specific performance premiered last month at Donderboerkamp in Drenthe and, after four sold-out shows at Festival Karavaan, is heading to Terschelling for Oerol in just a few days. There, the cast will perform the poetic production 16 times over the course of 9 days. We wish everyone with a ticket lots of enjoyment—because they’re completely sold out. In July, CONTRA travels on to Festivalderaa in the Drenthe stream valley landscape—tickets are still available there. A theatre tour will follow in 2026.
What does it mean to enforce the law in a world full of chaos? How does an officer remain human in a system that’s cracking?
In a thought-provoking blend of dance, text, and live music, the performance offers a glimpse into the minds and hearts of several police officers.