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Angela Schijf, Stefan de Walle and Chava voor in 't Holt star in new play Sonja, an ode to conversation and a plea for asking questions
The performance is a free interpretation of Sonja Barend's book, life and television career. In Sonja, the audience experiences how a hidden war past can permanently affect a life and emphasizes the importance of asking questions, even when you know many of the answers will never come.
Live on television, the Red Hat full of audience and the opening tune sounds. Sonja starts the interview engaged and curious. At the talk show table she always dares to ask anything, but at the kitchen table Sonja does not get to ask her elderly mother the essential questions. Speaking about the horrific fate of her Jewish father during the war seems impossible, yet it must be done....
Angela Schijf, Stefan de Walle and Chava voor in 't Holt star in new play Sonja, an ode to conversation and a plea for asking questions
The performance is a free interpretation of Sonja Barend's book, life and television career. In Sonja, the audience experiences how a hidden war past can permanently affect a life and emphasizes the importance of asking questions, even when you know many of the answers will never come.
Live on television, the Red Hat full of audience and the opening tune sounds. Sonja starts the interview engaged and curious. At the talk show table she always dares to ask anything, but at the kitchen table Sonja does not get to ask her elderly mother the essential questions. Speaking about the horrific fate of her Jewish father during the war seems impossible, yet it must be done.
Angela Schijf, Stefan de Walle and Chava voor in 't Holt enjoy great public acclaim and meet for the first time in theaters in Sonja. Director Servé Hermans returns to the large theaters with Sonja after the feature musicals Dagboek van een Herdershond and Het was Zondag in het Zuiden.
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- Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 at 8 p.m.