“The rat, long despised as a symbol of vermin, delivers a striking monologue on survival, eating whatever scraps he can find at night and thriving through community. A lesson for humanity.”
“The ensemble of eight powerful performers — diverse in age, gender, and color — scrape, sing, stomp, and swing their way through the five songs across and above a blue-and-white cosmic circle.”
“Gary Shepherd’s electronic score weaves a mesmerizing trance: gusts of bristling wind tones sweep across a freshly mown field of razor-sharp percussion.”
“Timo Tembuyser (...) gives voice to a heavenly feeling of togetherness. In her direction, Beutler cleverly and effectively involves the locally recruited singers in this ‘musical and embodied journey to a new resonance’.”
Annette Embrechts, 28 mei 2025