Theater production Not Quichot

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Not Quichot op Boulevard Het Zuidelijk Toneel Sofie Knijff7

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On Friday, October 31, Het Zuidelijk Toneel will perform its new large-scale production Not Quichot for the first time at Schouwburg Concertzaal Tilburg. Inspired by the classic Don Quixote, the play features five characters who gather in a parking lot to commemorate their good friend Q.

What follows is a quest that is as absurd as it is compelling. In collaboration with Pieter Smit Group, Not Quichot is the first theater production whose set is transported entirely by electric vehicles throughout the Netherlands and Belgium, a first in sustainable theater transport.

An ode to fiction in an era of post-truth

Who was Q? A myth, a trucker, or a master at twisting the truth? Not Quichot is an ode to fiction and imagination, inspired by Cervantes' world-famous 17th-century novel Don Quixote. Director Sarah Moeremans and writer Joachim Robbrecht slammed this classic into the guardrail at breakneck speed, then picked out the strongest elements from the wreckage for their own interpretation.

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