The Great Escape
Physical
Slapstick
1 hr 20 min
When we think of incarceration, we usually think of being trapped, but what if you are trapped in your own life and want to escape from it?!In The Great Escape by OAKWOOD, we follow three characters, neatly dressed in suits and neatly behind their desks doing their jobs neatly. Their dreams and ambitions they have long ago stored away in an old drawer and then forgotten about them in the course of their lives. Until one of them keeps looking into the eyes of the other just a little too long. His deepest dormant desires bubble up, while the other two look on in amazement. In this absurdist, tragicomic and physical performance, the three try to break free from their mental prison as prisoners digging a tunnel to the outside world. Clichés and dreams are punctured, expectations are raised and humor is taken to the bizarre.
Concept: Hali Neto
Play: Gerben de Jong, Hali Neto and Laila el Bazi
Stage direction: Loes van der Pligt Direction assistance: Evelien van Arkel Consultancy: Ingrid Kuijpers Stage design and costumes: Karmijn Lange Lighting design: Desirée van Gelderen Sound design: Casper Verberg Technology: Ilona Brink and Joep Lamers Set design: Thiadmer van Galen Production: Elise de Fooij and Evelien van Arkel