MAAS THEATER EN DANS
BullyBully
Roola Boola Children's Arts Festival
Thursday, 17 October 2024
10.15am & 12.15pm
SCHOOLS
Suitability: 4 - 8 years
Tickets: €6 (Complementary ticket for school staff available)
To book your school please contact Box Office: 094 9023733
A musical for toddlers about childish grown-up men
Winner of a “Zilveren Krekel” for “Most Impressive Stage Production”.
What do a toddler and your average world leader have in common? Are there presidents who might also be throwing fits in the middle of supermarket isles? Or scream furiously until they get what they want? If you were to squint your eyes and look at a speeching toddler and an adult man in a suit talking nonsense sitting next to each other, you may hardly even see the difference. Of course, one of them has a say in everything while the other has to do everything they’re being told.
BullyBully gives the audience Duplo-level insight into the collision of two world-powers that, eventually, learn to meet in the middle; politics at the kindergarten and childishness amongst serious and powerful grown-ups. This is a toddler’s musical the likes of West Side Story that presents us with two performers, many songs, funny quarrels, a bit of bickering and, eventually, a happy ending.
BullyBully is the long awaited follow-up to Wanted: Rabbit, AaiPet and Get’m, three performances for toddlers from René Geerlings who has managed to get thousands of toddlers and parents on the edge of their seats.
MAAS THEATER EN DANS
Maas is a theater and company made up out of professional makers that operate under the artistic supervision of René Geerlings. Maas makes theater- and dance experiences for children, teenagers, young adults and their family and friends. This highly eager, bold and vulnerable target audience is always at the heart of our performances, programs, education and talent development projects.
CREDITS
Concept, direction: René Geerlings
Performance: Sue-Ann Bel, Henke Tuinstra, Sanne Bokkers, Carole van Ditzhuyzen, Pamela Schaap, Wendy Briggeman, Djinti Sullivan (alternating cast)
Compositions: Reinier van Harten, Sergio Escoda
Costumes: Daphne Karstens, Alice Sprascio (assistant), Karmijn Lange (assistant)
Wigs: Cynthia van der Linden
Mustaches: Stan Roobol
Scenography: Sanne Danz
Construction busts: Jannelies Raaijmakers
Clothier: Stef Krull
Dramaturge, assistant director: Sara Giampaolo
Dance advice: Art Srisayam, Erik Bos
Coproduction: Maas theater en dans & Atta Festival Istanbul
RENÉ GEERLINGS
René Geerlings has been Maas Theatre and Dance's artistic director since January 1, 2021 and is Moniek Merkx's successor (2013-2021).
René Geerlings graduated in mime at the Theatreschool of Amsterdam in 1999. Since graduating, he's been active in his role as an actor, teacher, director and art-director. As an actor, he's performed in 'Performance in which Hopefully Nothing Happens' by Jetse Batelaan with Theatre Group Max. (Gouden Krekel 2005), 'Martha Loves George' by Boogaerdt / VanderSchoot, 'The Entry...' by Sanne van Rijn and Magne van den Berg (nominated for the VSCD Mime Prize in 2010), 'Stand Up and Lie Down' by De Gemeenschap (nominated for the VSCD Mime Prize in 2015).
Together with Job Raaijmakers, he also created and starred in 'Monkey and Bear' (Gouden Krekel 2012) and 'Don't Skip' (Zilveren Krekel 2014) with STIP. With Theatre Group Max. and Maas Theater and Dance he directed 'Wanted: Rabbit' (3+), which was translated in four different languages and performed in theaters and at several festivals throughout Europe over 500 times. The play was also performed in Turkish as a co-production with the ATTA Festival (Istanbul) in various cities throughout Turkey and Cyprus.
From November 2012 until December 2020, René was the artistic director of BonteHond, where he directed 15 different plays, such as 'iPet' (Zilveren Krekel 2015), 'Know Me', 'Get 'M', 'Klucht', 'Daddy & Mommy' and the festival plays 'Aso', 'I' and' Fun'. He toured the world with some of his shows for the very youngest and his productions for kids are regularly nominated for the Zapp Theatre Prize Audience Award / Podium Kids Prize. In 2020 he created his first main-stage production; 'The Mistress Ballet'; a co-production from Maas and BonteHond. During the fall of 2020, he worked on his final production with BonteHond, titled 'WhoDidIt'.
Geerlings is known for his remarkable and accessible youth-theatre shows, and for being able to get people laughing about serious matters and crying about seemingly unimportant matters. He likes to flip that which seems logical right on it's head.
Starting January 1, 2021, René Geerlings took over as artistic director of Maas Theatre and Dance from Moniek Merkx. At Maas, he will be creating two annual tour-productions and assisting talent in creating shows for children and youngsters. He will also be laying out the artistic roadmap into the future for the Maaspodium and crew.
In 2021/2022 René made BullyBully (3+) and the Great Save Your Butt Show (6+). In 2022/2023 René’s made The Ozard of Wiz (9+).
