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Rotterdam van mijn vader
Rick's father died in 1998 from Alzheimer's disease. What remained was the feeling of loss. Was it a missed opportunity? The answer to this question is the subject of this theater performance. An inspiring evening for all Rotterdammers who are proud of their city.
Rick Willemsen plays a performance in which songs alternate with storytelling. He sings about and describes the typical father-son relationship from the 70s and 80s in Rotterdam. And the impact Alzheimer's disease had on his father. And so on him.
My Father's Rotterdam is a performance about a son's search for the relationship with his father. Rick Willemsen discovers the war diaries of his father and grandfather in a cupboard in his parental home. Independently of each other, they kept a diary during Rotterdam's hunger winter. Rick puts the family stories together like puzzle pieces. He reads all the letters and articles that his father wrote as a journalist, his speeches for Bram Peper and examines his own relationship with his father. His father died in 1998 from Alzheimer's disease. What remained was the feeling of loss. Was it a missed opportunity? The answer to this question is the subject of this theater performance. An inspiring evening for all Rotterdammers who are proud of their city.
Lyrics and music : Rick Willemsen, Harry Willemsen
Director: André Besseling
The proceeds from the tickets go to Alzheimer Nederland
All dates
Datum | Tijd | Locatie | Ticketlink |
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Sat 19 Oct | 20:00 - 22:00 | Theater 't Kapelletje | Buy tickets |
Sun 20 Oct | 16:00 - 17:30 | Theater 't Kapelletje | Buy tickets |
Saturday 19 October
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