Me & Mr. Jansen | Theater Perdu

Short description of Me & Mr. Jansen

It all started when the storyteller stumbled upon a black and white picture of a razzia in 1943. In the image, he recognized his current home in the centre of Amsterdam. An older couple was being pulled out of the building by men in white coats, officers of the SS. What must a storyteller do, when faced with such a story? He peels the layers off the past, waking up sleeping ghosts, like the Dutch barber who used to live on the ground floor, Mr. Jansen. Inquiring him about forgotten secrets, distant memories of buried sins.

Me and Mr. Jansen is an engaging solo storytelling performance that invites the audience to venture beyond concepts such as “right” and “wrong”. Who plays innocent, and who wears the traitor’s costume? Can we even choose which roles we play or are we nothing but figures trapped in the wheel of history, endlessly repeating our parts?

Practical information of the première at Theater Perdu

Dates: May 4th (premiere), May 4th en May 6th 2023

Start: 20:00

Prices: Standard: €15 CJP/student/Stadspas: €12,50

Raphael Rodan

This intriguing storytelling performance is based on the personal story of Raphael Rodan: master storyteller, co-founder of The Mezrab Storytelling School and creative director of the annual Storytelling Festival in Amsterdam. He created the piece together with renowned comedian, director, theater maker and actor Titus Tiel Groenstege.

Me & Mr. Jansen will premiere on May 4th 2023, in Theater Perdu in Amsterdam in the context of ‘Theater Na de Dam’, Remembrance Day and Liberation Day.

This program is in English www.tickets.voordemensen.nl/perdu/event/839