Het Zomeroffer

Het Zomeroffer (The Summer Sacrifice) is based on the famous The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps) by Igor Stravinsky. Where in the original ballet a young woman is sacrificed, in our version, every evening for 35 summer evenings, the four-wheeler of someone from the audience will die. Someone who is ready to take a step back to let the earth catch its breath. Those who want to survive must make sacrifices. And a sacrifice is never painless...

In a grand music theater spectacle where theater, music, singing, and dance merge into a contemporary yet timeless ritual, our beloved car meets its end.
-|-
De Warme Winkel is without a doubt the most talked-about theater company in the Netherlands. In 2019, they could be seen in the Amsterdamse Bostheater with the acclaimed De Drie Musketiers (The Three Musketeers), which broke all visitor records. Then they were spectacular and hilarious, now they go for monumental and poetic. Together with the internationally renowned multi-talents of Touki Delphine and master musicians of Asko|Schönberg, a large ensemble of actors, singers, and musicians take on this extraordinary challenge.

If you are intrigued to give up your car, and thus your mobility, because you are convinced like De Warme Winkel that the earth needs moral donors, are there still a few evenings available, sign up here and receive twenty free tickets!

text and performance by Vincent Rietveld, Ariadna Rubio Lleó, Gerben Vaillant, Ward Weemhoff, Chris Doyle, Rik Elstgeest
composition by Chris Doyle, Rik Elstgeest, Bo Koek (Touki Delphine)
final direction by Jetse Batelaan
vocals and performance by Bernadeta Astari or Nienke Nillesen
bassoon by Margreet Bongers (Asko|Schönberg)
percussion by Joey Marijs (Asko|Schönberg)
trombone by Koen Kaptijn (Asko|Schönberg)
horn by Sergei Dovgaliouk (Asko|Schönberg)
piano and keys by Chris Doyle (Touki Delphine)
percussion by Rik Elstgeest (Touki Delphine)
corps de mecaniciens by Martine Vrieling van Tuijl, Szophia Twisk, Ella Boomsma, Mara Linde Tieleman, Lizz Veen
set design by Janne Sterke
installations by John van Oostrum (Touki Delphine)
costume design by Bernadette Corstens
costume intern by Mijs Elffers
-|-
lighting design by Wout Panis
lighting technician by Michiel Schnelle
sound design by Will-Jan Pielage
sound technician by Robert van Delft
technical crew and crane operator by Manuel Boutreur
production management by Joppe Kos
technical production by Cedric van Daalen
artistic planner and coordination by Isobel Dryburgh
marketing and publicity by Lisa Groot
campaign image by Lara Verheijden
model campaign image Nele Jackson
stage photography by Sofie Knijff
graphic design by KesselsKramer
co-production by Touki Delphine, Asko|Schönberg, Amsterdamse Bostheater
supported by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Blockbusterfonds, Fonds 21, Zabawas, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds Podiumkunsten