It Didn’t Start With Us
It didn’t start with us, none of this did. It didn’t start here, none of us did. What it did start with was a mouse. A mouse, a trap and a handmade placard. That’s where this all began.
When was the last time you really let yourself play? Is there still a place in our world for this type of fun and creativity? What if this place could be a café? What if a café could become our playground?
It Didn’t Start With Us is an experiential performance built for and around the audience, which asks the public to step outside of their everyday embodiment and to for a few moments remember how it is to play and be free. Through use of dance, circus, and theatre this piece offers the audience a chance to not only observe the performers in their physicality but to actively become involved in the ongoing storyline and in turn become a part of the performance itself.
KNOT Kollektiv welcomes public of all ages, beliefs and abilities to come together in this playground and to reimagine how the body can exist in our world.
Choreography: Ali Clarke
Performers: Sophia Herzog, Crispin Bade
Music: Michael Byrne
Support: Café Theater Festival Utrecht
Achievements: Café Theater Festival Jury Prize for Young Audiences 2018, nomination for Theaterfestival Boulevard Entreéprijs 2019
“They are very generous to their audience and address their curiosity and playfulness. The child in the adult is also addressed. A playful and infectious performance, light like a balloon. A sweet invitation to transform the café into a playground.”
— Café Theater Festival 2018 Jury Report