Big Pharma
Apr 30 -
May 2
Het Nationale Theater / Eric de Vroedt
The CEO of a large pharmaceutical company is under threat. After a failed assassination attempt, the blame seems clear: the perpetrator was incited by an online channel spreading conspiracy theories about the company.
In a moment of rage, the CEO decides to visit the creators of the channel at their homes. What follows is a confrontation filled with misunderstanding, old wounds, and revenge.
The power behind medicine
- Date
- April 30, 2027 - May 2, 2027
- Genre
- Theatre
- Language
- Dutch
- Location
- Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Rabozaal
A small number of pharmaceutical companies have a huge impact on healthcare and, as a result, on our daily lives. Their medicines save lives, but also generate enormous profits for owners and shareholders. How fair is this system? Conspiracy theorists see Big Pharma as part of a larger problem: a world ruled by powerful, invisible forces. What happens when representatives from these different worlds meet?
Tickets and times
A world full of conspiracies
With Big Pharma, director Eric de Vroedt creates a performance about mistrust and power: “When you dive into the world of conspiracy theories, you enter a dark hall of mirrors where nothing is what it seems. The claims of conspiracy theorists are usually untrue, but their instincts can sometimes be right – even if they are often paranoid. They expose how we are, more often than we admit, not critical enough of the systems around us.”
Credits
Text and direction
Eric de Vroedt
Cast
Soumaya Ahouaoui, Mariana Aparicio, Bram Coopmans, Yamill Jones, Sander Plukaard
Set & lighting design
Julian Maiwald
Sound design
Remco de Jong & Florentijn Boddendijk
Costume design
Lotte Goos
Dramaturgy
Thomas Lamers
Assistant director
Chyramain van Kempen
