A seat at the table
A seat at the table is a razor-sharp theatre performance about the feeling of love and hatred for our homeland. A moving, humorous and critical portrait of how racism manifests itself in our society. Countrymen, welcome.” In A seat at the table, young theatre maker Saman Amini, together with three other actors, goes in search of the motives behind the clash of cultures that he experiences around him.
Grote zaal
Duration: tba
Saman Amini (1989, Tehran) fled to the Netherlands at the age of eleven with his mother and sister. Here, he rapidly discovered his passion for Dutch language and music. In 2014 he graduated from the drama academy in Maastricht. At the beginning of 2017, the NRC Handelsblad proclaimed him one of the 'rising stars' of that year.
In June 2017, A seat at the table achieved high acclaim at the Oerol festival on Terschelling. TV presenter Cornald Maas called it a 'very necessary and exciting performance', the Theaterkrant awarded it five stars. NRC Handelsblad awarded the performance five balls and A seat at the table ended up in fifth place in the annual list of Volkskrant critic Herien Wensink.
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“A Seat at the Table geeft de toeschouwer, die veelal wit is, een boel om nog lang over na te denken. De kracht van deze voorstelling zit niet alleen in de confronterende verhalen, maar ook in de beeldende details, de veelheid van overwegingen en emoties, de rauwe liedjes van Amini en het gloedvolle, uitstekende acteren.”
- NRC *****
“Amini speelt … losjes, energiek en soepel onthutsende scènes uit eigen leven, bijvoorbeeld over een zwemcoach die denkt dat alle zwarten zinken. Buig je of breek je, als de emmer met druppelsgewijze opmerkingen overloopt?”
- De Volkskrant ****