imaginative musical theater about feelings of homesickness and making weatherproof plans for the future (6+)
The water is rising and fast as well. Janna and her parents have to leave their country. Packed and ready, they step into the boat that will take them to the other side, to a new life. But to her horror, Janna discovers that her rabbit Marietje is not on board. Without even thinking, she jumps back onto land. And so begins a musical search across her native land for her beloved bunny. Across places from the past, via miraculous encounters with a woodworm, a herring king and a lighthouse keeper's cat, until after a dive she finally ends up with Marietje in the land of the future.
With a lot of humor and a touch of Alice in Wonderland, Ensemble Black Pencil, together with actress Yara Alink, brings the history of Schokland musically to life. Once an island in the Zuiderzee, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Shockwave is an imaginative musical theater performance about what happens when the climate becomes so confused that you are forced to leave everything behind. About saying goodbye to the old and making weatherproof plans for the future. About the power of imagination and the magic of music, which can tame waves, raise landscapes to the sky, and package beautiful memories in such a way that you can never lose them.
Photo © Claudia Hansen
Credits Cast & Crew
Actor Yara Alink / Marieke Giebels (Janna)
Ensemble Black Pencil
recorder and performance Jorge Isaac
pan flute and performance Matthijs Koene
viola and performance Esra Pehlivanli
accordion and performance Marko Kassl
percussion and performance Enric Monfort / Vitaly Medvedev
Concept, Playwright & Stage direction Annechien Koerselman
Compositions Florian Magnus Maier, Soumil Biswas, Jonatan Carrasco, Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Andrzej Ojczenasz, Ulrich Schultheiss, Aart Strootman, Rens Tienstra, Lucas Veeger, Otto Wanke
Musical dramaturgy Annechien Koerselman & Black Pencil
Soundtechnics Arjan van Asselt
Lightdesign Annechien Koerselman
Lighttechnics Joost Smit
Organisation Ensemble Black Pencil, Almere (NL)
CALENDAR
2026
IJmuiden (NL) Haventheater April 20, 2026 schoolperformances
Rotterdam (NL) Maaspodium April 26, 2026 15.30h
Kampen (NL) Stadsgehoorzaal Kampen May 31, 2026 13.00h
Leiden (NL) Stadsgehoorzaal June 04, 2026 10.00h
2025
Almere (NL) February 23, 2025 15.00h
Schokland (NL) Museum Schokland March 02, 2025 11.00h
Austerlitz (NL) Beauforthuis March 09, 2025
Almere Almeerder Strand June 28, 2025 Festival Almere Speelt
Schokland (NL) Museum Schokland August 24, 2025
Steenwijk (NL) Kopje Cultuur September 07, 2025
Amersfoort (NL) De Flint September 28, 2025 Septemberme Festival
Almere (NL) Kunstlinie October 13, 2025
Oldeberkoop (NL) Muziek op Stapel October 16, 2025
Den Haag (NL) Theater aan het Spui October 21, 2025
Utrecht (NL) November 04 2025 13.00h Day of Musicperformances
2024
Schokland (NL) Museum Schokland September 21, 2024 13.00 & 15.00h
Schokland (NL) Museum Schokland September 22, 2024 13.00 & 15.00h
Almere (NL) Kunstlinie October 20, 2024 15.00h preview
Zeewolde (NL) De Verbeelding October 24, 2024 11.00 & 13.00h
Emmeloord (NL) Theaterzaal in 't Voorhuys November 14, 2024 13.00h
