Hou Vast
We follow three travelers on their journey. They search for something to hold onto: each other, the past, and their dreams. One acts as a compass, trying to find direction. Another bends and folds like a pocketknife in impossible positions. At times, they stack themselves like a lookout tower, straining to see what’s coming. Climbing, stumbling, and struggling, they seem to hold each other in a precarious balance… or do they?
Hou Vast is an absurd, acrobatic performance by Het Houten Huis and DeRonde/Deroo. Two acrobats and a musician use their bodies and live music to explore the delicate tension between holding on and letting go.
This performance is made for an audience of 7+. So that means everyone above that age, so also adults.
Première | January 2026
Duration +/- 50 min
We follow three travelers on their journey. They search for something to hold onto: each other, the past, and their dreams. One acts as a compass, trying to find direction. Another bends and folds like a pocketknife in impossible positions. At times, they stack themselves like a lookout tower, straining to see what’s coming. Climbing, stumbling, and struggling, they seem to hold each other in a precarious balance… or do they?
Hou Vast is an absurd, acrobatic performance by Het Houten Huis and DeRonde/Deroo. Two acrobats and a musician use their bodies and live music to explore the delicate tension between holding on and letting go.
This performance is made for an audience of 7+. So that means everyone above that age, so also adults.
Première | January 2026
Duration +/- 50 min
Overige Crew
Overige Crew
Concept & Creation
DeRonde/Deroo
Performance
Nick Deroo & Tom de Ronde & Martin Franke
Dramaturgy
Elien van den Hoek
Costume Design
Freja Roelofs
Sound Design
Martin Franke
Poster
Anne Harbers
Concept & Creation
DeRonde/Deroo
Performance
Nick Deroo & Tom de Ronde & Martin Franke
Dramaturgy
Elien van den Hoek
Costume Design
Freja Roelofs
Sound Design
Martin Franke
Poster
Anne Harbers
Technical Assistance
Wytze Veenstra & Tomas van Schelven
Light Design
Finn Borath
Production
Frank van Eunen
Coproduction
Het Houten Huis & DeRonde/Deroo
End Directing
Piet van Dycke
Teasers
Joshua Walter
Technical Assistance
Wytze Veenstra & Tomas van Schelven
Light Design
Finn Borath
Production
Frank van Eunen
Coproduction
Het Houten Huis & DeRonde/Deroo
End Directing
Piet van Dycke
Teasers
Joshua Walter
Thanks to Fran Vozila, Frank Wienk, David van Griethuysen, Marieke Böggeman, Jannie Udding, Iris van de Linden, Joris Bastiaan, Eva Hetharia, Jesse van Delft, Marije Schrage, Barbara Ennik, Mo Visser & Gerrit Schilp
This project is supported by Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Provincie Groningen, Provincie Drenthe, Provincie Friesland, Gemeente Groningen, Stichting Janivo, het Cultuurfonds (Bak-Lips Fonds and the Köbo Fonds), Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Fonds Podiumkunsten.
Thanks to Fran Vozila, Frank Wienk, David van Griethuysen, Marieke Böggeman, Jannie Udding, Iris van de Linden, Joris Bastiaan, Eva Hetharia, Jesse van Delft, Marije Schrage, Barbara Ennik, Mo Visser & Gerrit Schilp
This project is supported by Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Provincie Groningen, Provincie Drenthe, Provincie Friesland, Gemeente Groningen, Stichting Janivo, het Cultuurfonds (Bak-Lips Fonds and the Köbo Fonds), Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Fonds Podiumkunsten.
"It is rare to see creators in Dutch theater construct such a consistent and richly visual universe as Deroo and De Ronde do here."
Marijn Lems (de Theaterkrant)
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"It is rare to see creators in Dutch theater construct such a consistent and richly visual universe as Deroo and De Ronde do here."
Marijn Lems (de Theaterkrant)
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"It is rare to see creators in Dutch theater construct such a consistent and richly visual universe as Deroo and De Ronde do here."
Marijn Lems (de Theaterkrant)
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