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

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.