Yara Piekema, Earth star in disarming play about Bob, who invented the world. 

Ok. One time I will say it. That Yara Piekema is the daughter of Harry Piekema. You know: that man who single-handedly gave that Zaanse Grootgrutter a human face. Harry was already a big one in Utrecht, and now it turns out he secretly, years ago, gave birth to an even bigger one: Yara Piekema, no longer the daughter of, that is, but Harry, Yara's father, whom we are all going to know.

What a fine actress. She gives, in the youth theatre play 'Fos, who invented Bob, who invented the world' such an earthly interpretation of the concept of 'acting' that, on a somewhat chilly Saturday afternoon in Leidsche Rijn, it made me very happy. Now that gladness was also helped by her counterpart Emile Rogissart, who is still an intern but also already acting so finely earthy in that same play. And that earthy, or should we just dare to say 'featureless', all comes from the pen of Floor Leene, who together with life partner Greg Nottrot heads that so deliciously distinct theatre club Het Nut.

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'Fos, who invented Bob, who invented the world' is - directed by Joep Hendrikx - a fine story for all people aged 8 or above who want to take a different look at loneliness, friendship and sacred cows. It is made to be played in schools for an audience of people who are not yet inclined to populate the foyers of our theatre buildings for a while, and it is very suitable for that. A simple set, a fine narration, dialogues that are clear about the boy who doesn't know who or where his mother is and therefore has invented a Bob who is at his side with word and deed everywhere.

Earthy Bibi, a 12-year-old girl next door, also struggles with separation anxiety because she has been excluded from the school all her friends are enrolled in. She does not believe in Bob.

In the end, they find each other and open the way to a solution, which fortunately we are free to fill in ourselves, just as we are all free to fill in who or what Bob is. Of course, the fact that The Utility will explore the given 'God' in all sorts of ways in the coming period also has something to do with the interpretation of the phenomenon Bob, but Bob can also be seen more broadly, although some will argue that nothing is broader than their God.

A piece like this is what you yearn for when you are at a school with 20 different countries of origin and just as many religions or political beliefs. Especially also because it is nowhere pedantic, but does open your eyes to tolerance.

Come back to that.

Good to know

Fos who invented Bob who invented the world is still playing. Information.