Plush - De Speelman (3+)

De Ursus adulans ad dormiendum - freely translated the Teddy Bear - consists in most cases of fabric, thread, and a negligible percentage of plastic. But for the most part (95%) of… plush! Testimonies from extremely young people tell of feelings of security, comfort, safety, and yes, even love for this composition of fabric, thread, and… plush! These large groups of individuals come from all over the world with stories that move even our most hardened scientists to tears. Would it be possible that an exact combination of these three materials (fabric, thread, and… plush) triggers a certain chemical reaction, causing the whole of these masses to be brought to a certain viability? In other words… Do they live??? Speelman chases the imagination to the heights and drags his audience along in a humorous, magical, wonderful, scientific experiment, performed on the children's most personal stuffed animals. They bring those stuffed animals to the performance and lend them to science for once. After the performance, the toddlers and preschoolers will of course get their stuffed animal back unharmed, although they will look at it just a little bit differently. ‘Pluche’ is a performance about security, comfort, joy, companionship, protection… but above all about imagination, lots of imagination! A performance for everyone from 3 years old. You buy a ticket for your child as well as for the adult supervisor(s). Concept, direction, and music: Stan Reekmans Spel: Stan Reekmans and Tineke Caels Spelcoach: An Hackselmans Poppenspelcoach: Willem Verheyden Video/installation: Gert-Jan Biasino Licht & Sound: Alexander Coppenolle Realisatie decor: Martijn Megens Met thanks to: CC Brasschaat, Tutti Fratelli, CC Palethe Overpelt, Rataplan Borgerhout, deStudio Antwerpen