



GOTHENBURG ENGLISH STUDIO THEATRE
in an international collaboration, presents the world premiere of
HANDLE WITH CARE
by Ontroerend Goed
17 October - 8 November 2025​
GOTHENBURG ENGLISH STUDIO THEATRE
in an international collaboration, presents the world premiere of
Photo by Lina Ikse
HANDLE WITH CARE
by Ontroerend Goed
A truly unique theatre experience — with collaborating theatres in over 20 countries performing simultaneously around the world!
“There are no
strangers here;
only friends you
haven't yet met”
— William Butler Yeats
Handle with Care is theatre stripped down to its essence. No actors, no technician. Just a box. And you.
The box is placed at the centre of the stage.
The audience is waiting.
And then an audience member stands up and opens the box.
The show has started.
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In Handle with Care, you create something special: a shared experience filled with reflections on time, transience, and togetherness.
For one hour, you’ll live something unique, fleeting, and unrepeatable.
Here. Now. Together. No one is watching. What is yours, stays yours. Take good care of it. And send us a postcard.
Limited run: Only four performances, only 45 tickets per performance.
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PRODUCTION: Ontroerend Goed (Belgium)
COPRODUCING THEATRES: NTGent (Belgium); Stadttheater Schaffhausen (Switzerland), Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australia); Theatre Royal Plymouth
(UK); Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow (UK); CCAM Scène
Nationale de Vandoeuvre (France); IDFA, Amsterdam (Netahrlands);
YOUNG Theatre, Shanghai (China); Aranya Theater Festival
(China); Hexagone Scène Nationale, Meylan (France); Le MAIF
Social Club – Biennale Némo, Paris (France); La Comédie de
Clermont-Ferrand (France); The Lowry, Salford (UK); Scène
Nationale Carré-Colonnes, St. Médard (France); RAMPE,
Stuttgart (Germany); The Zoom Arts Center, Seoul (Korea); Hong
Kong Arts Festival (Honkong); Cambridge Junction (UK); The
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (Croatia); Théâtre La
Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval (France); Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Rome
(Italy); Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (Sweden); Perpodium,
Antwerpen (Belgium)
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19.00:
17 October, 7 November
18.00:
18 October, 8 November
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AGE GUIDANCE
15 +
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RUNNING TIME
approx. 1 hour, no interval
PLAYWRIGHT
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GESTs ARTISTIC DIRECTORs
Kristina Brändén Whitaker
​Gary Whitaker
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​PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sarah Johansson
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​PHOTOS
Ans Brys
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Hearing aid
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We have installed a hearing loop (hörslinga) in our new theatre space! Now hearing our actors will be easier for our audience members who use hearing aids or have cochlear implants.