‘I fail, I fall, I get up again.’ Softness also requires training and agility. How do you shape that when you have become hardened along the way?

In Paradise Circus Now, we see seven fleeing characters wandering in a desert. Haunted by a past that haunts them. The last to join is a young woman who has fled to the Netherlands, away from violence. Like a wayward family, they move around, in a performance that sings, dances, speaks and plays. With their sky-high ambitions, they are guaranteed to fall, but they are nimble. They beat off the dust and move on.

The new generation in the spotlights
Saturday 25 May, new musical theater makers reveal their work to an audience at the Kaap. At Theater Walhalla and Conny Janssen Danst, among others, a diverse group of makers will gather for a day full of creativity, talent and energy. Some have only just graduated, others are about to leave school, and a few have left school longer ago. One thing they have in common is a bold take on musical theatre. From a rebellious, feminist reinterpretation of a classic play to a relentless crash test of traditional musical, the variety is wide. All of these creators are ready to shatter the status quo and redefine the world of music theatre.