Omroep Gelderland, Marvin Hop, 03. Juli 2022
De Stentor, Sandra van Maanen, 30 juni 2022
Amateur talent from Apeldoorn also got parts. From maidservant, statue in the palace garden to deer on the run. Koerselman - concept developer, co-author, stage director and music compiler - deliberately opted for a mix of professionals and amateurs, young and old. "That's what I like best about theatre, it demands a lot from me as a stage director. Leading roles are for professionals, but the combination produces involvement and uniqueness. It is interesting to come across hidden talents and surprises. Fourteen players from Apeldoorn and the surrounding area have supporting roles, sometimes several. They are my local tools. I ask a lot of them.
Loo has been renovated and is moving with the times. Yet for Koerselman the interesting thing is what the palace used to experience. Who were the residents? What was Lodewijk Napoleon supposed to do with it, why was the palace completely renovated by him? Loo provides a source of material in which I have made clear scene choices. From the revolutions that took place there, to the sad loneliness of the vacancy. What will certainly come in: the bastard children who were conceived by the residents. I connect that theme to the hunt around Loo.
De Stedendriehoek, 28 juni 2022
Apeldoorn Direct, Pedro Waldenaar, 02 juli 2022
De Stentor, Ingrid Willems, April 22, 2021
In the performance I want to show the struggle of Palace Het Loo's right to exist.
[Palace] Het Loo is existing for almost four hundred years and I notice that in the west of the country where I live, hardly any attention is paid to it. While I think: Het Loo is such an important part of the Dutch identity. The Palace has grown with us for four hundred years and has gone through all the phases.
Video © Ingrid Willems/De Stentor
Apeldoorn Direct, David Levie, April 22, 2021
