Filmstijl afbeelding met meerdere personages in cowboy- en sportoutfits, tegen een dramatische achtergrond met vlammen en verlichting.

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Jakop Ahlbom Company

A Fine Mess

In a remote desert town, a young woman, her brother and their mother struggle every day to stay afloat. Their mother is ill, bills are piling up, and creditors and debt collectors are taking away their already meagre possessions. They become increasingly entangled in a spiral of poverty and hopelessness. In their desperation, they decide to rob a petrol station. What begins as a small grab from the till soon turns into a chain reaction of absurd situations.

Amid this chaos, our protagonists come face to face with a corrupt sheriff, who appears primarily interested in her own gain. As the situation escalates into a whirlwind of pistols and betrayal, they discover that even the most hopeless situation can take an unexpected turn.

And then there is also a mysterious cowboy with a guitar, who sings the events together.

Following the success of Knock-Out (2021), Jakop Ahlbom Company, ISH Dance Collective and DeLaMar Theater once again join forces for an explosive collaboration. Prepare for a visually spectacular action comedy full of music, slapstick and special effects. For A Fine Mess, Jakop Ahlbom and Marco Gerris draw, among other things, on films by Tarantino, the Coen Brothers and iconic action films from the 1980s, such as Lethal Weapon and Die Hard.

direction Jakop Ahlbom choreography Marco Gerris performance Lisa Groothof, Patrick Karijowidjojo, Leonard Lucieer, Tyrone Menig, Freek Nieuwdorp, Arnold Put & Bodine Sutorius
age recommendation 15+
trigger warning This performance contains fight scenes and the use of firearms, including gunshots. These sounds may be experienced as loud. The way in which explicit violence is used refers to a number of iconic action films. The performance also contains visual and lighting effects that may trigger an epileptic seizure.

Whether this performance has an interval is not yet known.