The actors’ group Wunderbaum and NTGent present a translated cycle by the German Swiss author Sibylle Berg for the first time in the Netherlands and Belgium. 'Mensen met problemen' is a razor-sharp, tragicomic theatre marathon about people who confront the status quo without fear.

The actors’ group Wunderbaum and NTGent present a translated cycle by the German Swiss author Sibylle Berg for the first time in the Netherlands and Belgium. Mensen met problemen (People with Problems) is a four-part story of a woman and her friends in different phases of their lives. This production is co-directed by Lisa Verbelen, with Bavo Buys, Laura De Geest, Maartje Remmers and Wine Dierickx appearing on stage.

They’re young. Their expectations are great, their actions tumultuous. They sell homemade drugs on the internet; they’re always available on every digital channel. They date, have meaningless sex and cry on toilets. Then they’re not so young anymore. They have children and feel compelled to move to the countryside. Their bodies and teenagers protest. Friendships and careers crumble. Nature is a disappointment.

Mensen met problemen is a probing narrative. A frantic attempt to do things differently, and better. A flight into nature, crime, love, to another planet, to a bombing. What should we fight for? How much should we sacrifice
to the cause? What is left to save?