Big Pharma
The CEO of a large pharmaceutical company is under threat. After a failed assassination attempt, blame quickly falls on someone believed to have been influenced 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.
Duration tbc
Genre Theatre
Language Dutch
The power behind medicine
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 thinkers 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?
A world full of conspiracies
Director Eric de Vroedt creates a performance with Big Pharma 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 thinkers 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
