Een groter verhaal
What do slavery and melting ice caps have to do with each other? In Een Groter Verhaal, the answer turns out to be simple and uncomfortable: everything. The past continues to shape how we treat the Earth, animals, and natural resources, as if the world can be used endlessly.
Duration tbc
Genre Theatre
Language Dutch
Een groter verhaal
In Een Groter Verhaal, Bureau Vergezicht and actor Romana Vrede explore what a different relationship with the Earth could look like. Not driven by guilt or outrage, but through language, imagination, and humour. The performance searches for new ways of seeing, where not ownership and depletion are central, but connection and responsibility.-|-
The work asks how we can continue living in a system that keeps crossing boundaries. And what happens when we try to decolonise not only the Earth, but also our way of thinking.
About Romana Vrede
Romana Vrede is an acclaimed actor and maker, known from film, television, and theatre with companies such as Het Nationale Theater. In her work, she consistently explores underrepresented stories, as seen in Tijd zal ons leren and her directing work at Theater Rotterdam. With Sisterhood, she created a major theatre production in 2026.
About Bureau Vergezicht
Bureau Vergezicht is the theatre collective of Anoek Nuyens, Erik Whien, and Rebekka de Wit. They create research-driven theatrical works about power, climate, and responsibility. Their work moves between theatre and social debate, with previous productions including De zaak Shell and Een stukje naar de mensen toe.
Credits
Idea & text Anoek Nuyens, Rebekka de Wit
Performance & text Romana Vrede
Direction Erik Whien
Set design Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck
Lighting Julian Maiwald-|-
Campaign image Brian Elstak
Production Rowena Elshot
Business management Lene Grooten
Marketing Dieke van der Spek, Leonie Poot
Co-production Bureau Vergezicht & Theater Rotterdam
