Corona proof theater / location projects Oh The Sea and The Plunge
Call it a theatrical audio walking tour, an on-location cultural project, but both Oh The Sea (based on Homer's Odyssey) and The Plunge (Liebeswellen in German) take you on a fascinating literary walk through the coastal resort of Scheveningen. An experience for all the senses!
Oh The Sea stems from the 21 hours radio series The Odyssey that director Ingrid van Frankenhuyzen made for Dutch national radio. The Plunge centres around German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who came to Scheveningen in 1836 in the hope of restoring his failing health. Scheveningen became the setting for a soul-searching interlude in his life. Especially for this project, director Ingrid van Frankenhuyzen invited acclaimed Dutch novelist Marente de Moor to write a brand new short story inspired by Mendelssohn’s sojourn on the Dutch coast. De Moor, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature, has written two exquisite interlocking tales – one for grown-ups and one for children aged six and over. Including newly composed soundscapes.
At the start of the tour, we provide you with an MP3 player and headset. In English, German or Dutch. You then embark on what at first seems to be an ordinary walk, until you reach three dramatic locations designed for sitting and listening. Each location affords its own special view of the sea. One of the locations includes porch swing the ZlowMotion, a Dutch Design Week item, designed by Pink Steenvoorden.
Both projects are corona proof as -like in a museum- participants can start any time during opening hours and the installations only provide for a few people simultaneously. More information: see above The Plunge.
Dutch news paper De Volkskrant in 2014 reviewed the predecessor project Oh The Sea"....Oh The Sea is an exceptional sensory experience."
