BOAT

No nose. No wings. Just a ripped-open Antonov An-2, and you're invited aboard!

BOAT, is a weird, furious, and gloriously absurd 10-minute performance that takes place inside half an aircraft. A surreal triptych of chaos, illusion, and unexpected elevation where nothing is stable, and nothing is what it seems.

The audience boards what's left of this broken bird, only to be launched into a rollercoaster of boat trips, submarine dives, and — believe it or not — full-blown takeoff. Yes, in this wreck. Buckle up.

Inside; The story spirals through extremes: high vs. low, belief vs. illusion, salvation vs. collapse. It's a fierce, metaphorical dive into the madness of fear, faith and the fantasy of control. The nicest crash landing ever!

Outside; While the +/- 27 lucky passengers inside are gripped by the madness, outside, a second performer ignites the rest of the scene. Rocking the fuselage like a lunatic, spraying water through windows, hurling props inside, the entire aircraft becomes a theatrical beast. Passersby stop. Watch. Wonder. And wish they were inside. The lurching machine of theatre pulls them in and spits out disbelief.

BOAT is nearly wordless, but far from silent.
It's visual anarchy. Bold, bizarre and explosive packed into 10 furious minutes. A raw, beautiful mess of motion and metaphor.

You won't sit back. You'll strap in.
And once it starts, there's no going back…

Previously performed at: 

Šermukšnis (LT), Cirk! (BE), Amiens dans la rue (FR), Olala (AT), Feta (PL), Passage (DK), Oerol (NL), Circolo (NL)

Practical Information – BOAT

By: volDaan Theater & Vincent de Rooij
Duration: +/- 10 minutes
Number of performances: +/- 7 per day, every 30 minutes
Audience: 6+ / originally created for adults 
Capacity: +/- 27 people
Venue: relatively flat surface, minimum size 11×3.5×4.8 m (L×W×H)
Language: not important
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