GOTHENBURG ENGLISH STUDIO THEATRE

A truly unique theatre experience — with over 20 collaborating theatres 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 technicians. Just a box. And you. 

 

A box is mailed to the theatre. 

The instructions are clear:

Invite a group of people, on a specific night, at a specific time.

Let the audience take their seats.

Place the box 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.

 

In Handle with Care, Ontroerend Goed puts you in control.

We provide the structure; you shape the experience.

Choose your role—take the lead or observe as others make choices that steer the performance in unexpected directions. Together, you create something special: a shared experience filled with reflections on time, transience, and togetherness. 

And don’t worry—there are no wrong choices in Handle with Care. You’ve got this. 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)

COPRODUCTION: NTGent (BE); Stadttheater Schaffhausen (CH); Melbourne Fringe (AU); Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK); Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow (UK); CCAM Scène Nationale de Vandœuvre (FR); IDFA, Amsterdam (NL); De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL); YOUNG Theatre, Shanghai (CN); Hexagone Scène Nationale, Meylan (FR); MAIF Social Club – Biennale Némo, Paris (FR); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR); Lowry, Salford (UK); Scène Nationale Carré-Colonnes, St. Médard (FR); Theater RAMPE, Stuttgart (DE); The Zoom Arts Center, Seoul (KR); Hong Kong Arts Festival (HK); Cambridge Junction (UK); The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HR); Théâtre La Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval (FR); Sapienza CREA, Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome (IT); Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (SE); Perpodium, Antwerpen (BE); i.a.

With the support of: the Flemish Community, the city of Ghent, the Tax Shelter measures of the Belgian federal government & Cronos Invest
Many thanks to: Angelo Tijssens, zwartopwit, Speelkaartenmuseum / Rock Paper Pencil, Turnhout

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