Speelman - Plush 3+

Speelman investigates with humor, magic, and science whether your stuffed animal can truly live. Playful – funny – magical – exciting - warm De Ursus adulans ad dormiendum - freely translated the Cuddly Bear or simply Cuddly - usually consists of fabric, thread, and a negligible percentage of plastic. But for the most part (95%) of plush! Young people testify about feelings of security, comfort, safety, and yes, even love for this composition of fabric, thread, and plush! They tell stories that move even our most hardened scientists to tears. Could it be possible that a correct combination of these three materials triggers a certain reaction, bringing the whole of these masses to a certain viability? In other words: do they live? Discover this humorous, magical, wonderful, scientific experiment, performed on your highly personal stuffed animal. Lend your stuffed animal to science for once and get it back unscathed after the performance. Although you will look at it just a little bit differently. ‘Pluche’ is a performance about security, comfort, joy, companionship, protection - but above all about fantasy, lots of fantasy! Bring your own stuffed animal! Credits Concept, direction, and music: Stan Reekmans Acting: Stan Reekmans and Tineke Caels Acting coach: An Hackselmans Puppetry coach: Willem Verheyden Video/installation: GertJan Biasino Realization set: Martijn Megens With the support of the District Borgerhout and the Provincie Antwerpen