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diarrhea is my favorite color

theater
performance
art


"Those who love anarchy are lucky"
- De Volkskrant, Vincent Kouters ★★★★☆ Read more
"[The children] will probably carry this theater experience with them for the rest of their lives."
- Shira Keller in NRC Handelsblad ★★★★☆ Read more

"‘Diarrhea is my Favorite Color': a shit piece you have to see"
- Floris Baeke in De Standaard ★★★★☆ Read more

"Diarrhea is my Favorite Color has a serious smell – that of subversiveness."
- Evelyne Coussens in De Morgen Read more

"Structured like a crazy audition, it's hard to lean back in your theater seat in this performance for young and old."
- Marina Kaptijn in PZAZZ Read more

"Diarrhea is my Favorite Color is a hilarious ode to not following rules"
- Lorianne van Gelder in Het Parool Read more

Theater Artemis and Studio Julian Hetzel present: a talent show for failures. Who fails the best? The candidates go all out.

This performance seeks beauty in the ugly. Because what one considers tasteless, another might find beautiful. Together with the audience, we explore what is actually meant by the word 'success.' Who determines what is cool or beautiful and why? Who decides if something is Art or if it should go straight into the trash? Can you perhaps look at it differently? Aren't we too concerned with the judgment of others?

Diarrhea is my favorite color combines explosive theater with puppetry, sculpture, action painting, and music in a playful manner. It is the first production by Studio Julian Hetzel for a young audience, part of their ongoing artistic exploration into the paradox of creation through destruction.

Oh shit, this smells like art!

Credits:

Director: Julian Hetzel
Performers: Tim van Dongen, Louis van der Waal, Willemijn Zevenhuijzen
Dramaturg: Miguel A. Melgares
Decor: Eva Koopmans
Costumes: Liesbet Swings
Artistic advisor: Jetse Batelaan
Directors assistant: Esmée Begemann
Technical coordination: Aengus Havinga
Light: Vincent Beune
Music: Frank Wienk
Sound: Tom Doeven, Misha McLaren
Technical: Marq Claessens
Technical production: Klaas Tops
Production coordinator: Marieke van den Bosch
Intern: Alžběta Nováková

Co-production: Studio Julian Hetzel and Theater Artemis

With the support of: Performing Arts Fund (NL) City of Utrecht (NL)
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science City of ’s-Hertogenbosch Province of North Brabant

moorrreeee  prrrrrresssss 

"Diarrhea is my Favorite Color is a hilarious ode to not following rules"
- Lorianne van Gelder in Het Parool Read more"

On a Sunday afternoon in Den Bosch, Artemis and Hetzel actually restored the honour of anarchy and rebellion"
- Theaterkrant, Fransien van der Putt (critic's choice) Read more

"A raised middle finger to the pressure to perform and conform"
- Sam Simons in et-cetera Read more

"Theater for children and adults: 'Diarrhea is My Favorite Color' makes both laugh"
- Simone Vos in Brabants Dagblad Read more


about
aengus havinga began developing his artistic language early in life. Growing up in various parts of Europe he was surrounded by a various amount of parallel cultures. And thanks to his parents obsession with electronic music and dance, Aengus is able to experience music within various forms.
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he learned to play some piano as a teenager visiting some classic, emo pop and indie rock, but quickly gravitated to teaching himself music production with a midi keyboard and laptop. In his lowkey home studio Aengus channels his wide range of interest and incorporates it in his personal sound in developing an own signature.