Amsterdam

Show Description:

Four unnamed storytellers recount events from a day in the life of a young Israeli violinist living and working in Amsterdam. The morning mail has brought an overdue gas bill for her flat – with charges and penalties dating back to 1944. The actors speculate what might have transpired, decades earlier, in this place, setting up a mystery and wild speculation. Who lived there? Why does the flat have secret compartments? And, what’s with the recluse upstairs?

AMSTERDAM is a study in unpleasant, but familiar attitudes of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia that lead to cruelty and alienation. Four storytellers tap into what it means to be the outsider in these circumstances – and what it will ultimately take to feel safe in a hostile world.