Lieve Vrienden, Familie, Genodigden

Three years ago, Jan Hulst and Daan Heerma van Voss fell through. The gin flowed, the seriousness increased. They talked about the things that really matter: declarations of love and farewell letters. Hulst told him about his mother's death. About a night when a funeral speech had to be written and a best friend helped write it. It was one of the most horrible nights of his life, but also one of the most precious

Never has a friendship been so sincere and valuable. Heerma van Voss said that Hulst should make a play out of it. Hulst replied: 'you do that nicely'. So happened. It is a unique, intimate collaboration. A play about friendship, lives that pass, love that lasts, and the words we choose when we really don't know what to say.

JAN HULST
Jan Hulst is a director and writer for theater and film. Since 2015 he and Kasper Tarenskeen form the duo Hulst & Tarenskeen. Together they wrote and directed performances at Frascati in Amsterdam, Theater Oostpool in Arnhem and the National Theater in The Hague. Hulst & Tarenskeen are currently part of the artistic core of Theater Oostpool. In 2020, the duo received the Erik Vos Prize for exceptional new theater talent. Together with Jim Deddes, Hulst makes JOARDY FILM; an independent initiative of short sketches that has since grown into a YouTube phenomenon. In 2019 they entered into a collaboration with VPRO and received the Silver Nipkow Disc for the web series JOARDY SEASON.

DAAN HEERMA
Daan Heerma van Voss writes fiction and non-fiction. His work has been nominated for several literary prizes and has been widely translated. This is his first play.

THEATER BELLEVUE
Theater Bellevue has been a place of activity in the heart of Amsterdam for 120 years. In three rooms, from noon to night, stories are written, performed and told. As a house of language, Bellevue forms a safe & brave space where these stories connect people.

THEATER OOSTPOOL
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