Whaoouuuwwww is a mesmerizing family concert all about friendship and individual quirks. Can we warm our hearts to each other despite all our differences?

 

It is a very hot summer day. The Squirrel, the Wasp, the Elephant, the Oyster, the Swan and the Chameleon gather. The heat is overbearing! The Squirrel starts to worry. She wonders if autumn will ever come. To everyone’s horror, the sun suddenly disappears. Plunged into darkness and cold, they begin to speculate: who stole the sun? Drawing on their vivid imagination, the animals in Whaoouuuwwww show us how to dance with lifeʼs strange surprises.

 

Cast: Animato Quartet – Inga Våga Gaustad (violin), Tim Brackman (violin), Elisa Karen Tavenier (viola), Pieter de Koe (cello) – Amarenkse Haitsma (acting), Doke Pauwels (dance).
Music: Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Webern, Debussy arranged by Gijs Kramers

Written, directed and choreographed by: Fabienne Vegt

inspired by stories of Toon Tellegen

Costume design: Jessica Helbach
Set design by: Johannes Offerhaus
Light design: Floriaan Ganzevoort
Dramaturgy: Paul Slangen
Assistant to stage director: Sara Europaeus
Assistant to set designer: Esra Copur

Commissioned by Philharmonie Luxembourg

Première: Februari 7 2025, Philharmonie Luxembourg 

Pictures by Juliette Groot and Sebastien Grebille