Dakloos aan de Kade / Homeless on the quay

The number of homeless people is growing alarmingly, partly due to the current housing shortage. What is it like to be displaced? Depending on the night shelter, the soup van, or a place in the bushes of the Zuiderpark at night? How do you keep up the fight to find a place to sleep day in and day out?

The performance Caffè sospeso is central to the location project Dakloos aan de Kade; a confrontational but also light music theater production about two cellists – mother and son – who have become homeless and try to survive on the street by making music. In a sometimes moving, sometimes funny way, we see how the two musicians try to find their way in a new reality. Classical and new compositions for cello are combined with humming, beatboxing and piano. The performance takes place under the Pieter de Hooch bridge, where the audience can follow the text and music through headphones.

With music by David Dramm and Harald Austbø, played by Doris Hochscheid and Harald Austbø. Text and direction: Mirjam Koen.