TWO LIVESTREAMS AND PRESS CONFERENCE FOR TODDLERS BY MAAS THEATRE AND DANCE

The weekend of Friday 7, Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 January 2022 will be a special theatre weekend despite the lockdown, because then Maas theatre and dance will broadcast live two existing performances as well as a unique Toddler Press Conference. The Grote Red Je Reet Show (6+) and Lampje (8-108 yrs) would play several times in front of an audience during the Christmas holidays, but will instead play on livestream. In the free Toddler Press Conference (3+), audiences will be introduced to two characters from BullyBully, the show that cannot premiere due to the lockdown.

LIVESTREAM: THE BIG SAVE YOUR ASS SHOW (6+)

A reality game show, but in 3D, live and right in front of your nose. Led by a seasoned showmaster, five candidates compete against each other. But what are the rules of the game and why do they keep changing? And who saves his ass best today?

"Entertainment with a nod to television" **** Kidsweek. "Sometimes unfair, just like real life." *** NRC. "Strongly acted and comical family show" *** Allegiance.

The Great Save Your Ass Show (6+) will be broadcast live on Friday 7 January at 18:30.

Livestream tickets available for €7.50 per screen at maastd.co.uk/streams.

LIVESTREAM: TODDLER PRESS CONFERENCE (3+)

The world is upside down. A confusing start to the new year. High time for another press conference! Speaking are the two world leaders from BullyBully, the show scheduled to premiere on 8 January. All eyes are on our two BULLYs, hoping they can bring clarity to our toddler population. The Toddler Press Conference is a very serious press conference for very serious toddlers, preschoolers and parents. But also a playful action, to deal with the current lockdown in a cheerful way. At the end, there will be an opportunity for the toddler press to ask critical questions.

The Toddler Press Conference (3+) is a short broadcast on Saturday 8 January at 11:00. Livestream tickets can be booked for free at maastd.co.uk/streams.

LIVESTREAM: LIGHT (8-108)

Things are not going well for Lampje: in March 2020, the tour came to an abrupt end due to the first lockdown. This season, the show is back due to success, but again part of the tour falls apart. For all the children who don't want to miss Lampje, Maas will play the entire show on livestream this Christmas break. Lampje is a wild, poetic and moving adventure, based on the book by Annet Schaap. "Really everything is beautiful about this Lampje" (Noord-Hollands Dagblad). "Lampje is so lifelike that it seems as if she has jumped out of the book" (Trouw). "Recognition and amazement in ode to imagination" (Scenes).

Lampje (8-108) will be broadcast live on Sunday 9 January at 15:00.

Livestream tickets available for €7.50 per screen at maastd.co.uk/streams.

MAAS TV: 24/7 THEATRE ON DEMAND
In 2020 and 2021, during the first, second and third lockdowns, we launched Maas TV. On Maas TV, you can watch Maas shows online on demand for a small fee. We have since lost count in terms of lockdowns, but Maas TV is back, also on our new website. With a new look, but with the same idea. Watch Eitje (3+), Gezocht: Konijn (3+), Drie (4+) or Alleen op de wereld (8+) from your living room, bedroom or wherever you want. www.maastd.nl/tv

RENÉ GEERLINGS
René Geerlings has been artistic director of Maas theatre and dance since 1 January 2021. Geerlings graduated from the Theaterschool Amsterdam, mime school, in 1999 and has since worked as an actor, teacher, director and artistic director. From 2013 to 2021, René was artistic director of BonteHond. There he directed 15 performances, including Aaipet (Zilveren Krekel 2015), Know Me, Pak'm, Klucht and Vadertje & Moedertje. In 2020, he made his first large-scale theatre performance Juffenballet, a co-production by Maas and BonteHond. Geerlings is known for remarkable and accessible youth theatre performances. In the 2021 / 2022 theatre season, René will make the performances BullyBully (3+) and De Grote Red Je Reet Show (6+) at Maas.

MESH THEATRE AND DANCE

Maas makes adult performances for anyone who is or feels young. Physical, curious, cross and boisterous. We mix theatre, dance, mime, visual arts and much more into tastefully surprising live experiences. Our home, the Maaspodium, is firmly rooted in Rotterdam.