{"id":126582,"date":"2026-07-15T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=126582"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:42:15","slug":"the-kettle-is-always-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/07\/the-kettle-is-always-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kettle is Always On"},"content":{"rendered":"

At <\/strong>The Kettle is Always On<\/strong><\/a> Two sisters seek solid ground amidst the turmoil of their young adult lives. This intimate and humorous handstand duet by Nolanders & TENT explores rituals and the search for stability in a chaotic world. On Saturday 8 August 2026 at 4.30 pm, the compact outdoor version will premiere during the Boulevard Theatre Festival in \u2019s-Hertogenbosch.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily (2003) and Melody (1998) Nolan are two handstand performers, acrobats and sisters from the US, who together form the Nolanders. They grew up in a travelling circus family and were always on the move. Their home consisted of the rucksack full of belongings they carried with them and their daily rituals. In an environment where change was the norm, these rituals provided a sense of stability. Practising circus together was one of them, but so too were the personal rituals surrounding packing, unpacking and displaying their carefully chosen equipment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In *The Kettle is Always On*, they explore the influence of their shared upbringing through handstands, acro-dance and subtle irony. Whilst the kettle is on the hob, their worlds collide, but their shared family rituals provide a sense of stability. How do you stay connected to the people you love, even when you don\u2019t always understand one another?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nolanders began more than ten years ago as a family project. Together with their parents and younger sister, Lily and Melody Nolan created circus performances. Later, the sisters each moved in turn from California to Codarts Circus Arts in Rotterdam. Both embrace the contrast between the often static discipline of the handstand and the dynamism of acrobatics. Using a purely physical language, they explore deeply human issues. The result is both poetic and absurd, and firmly rooted in virtuoso acrobatics.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For their graduation performances, Lily received a nomination for the BNG Circus Prize in 2025; Melody won this prize in 2021. In 2025 and 2026, Nolanders is a resident company at TENT, in co-production with De Landing. *The Kettle is Always On* is their debut production. The work was developed as both a full-length production and a compact outdoor version. The full-length version premiered on 28 January 2026 during *This is not a circus* in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PERFORMANCE DATES<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 August 2026 \u2022 16:30 (premiere) & 20:00 \u2022 Boulevard Theatre Festival, NL \u2022 outdoors 
9 August 2026 \u2022 15:45 \u2022 Boulevard Theatre Festival, NL \u2022 outdoors 
26 Feb 2027 \u2022 8.30 pm \u2022 Pand P, Eindhoven, NL *
13 March 2027 \u2022 7.00 pm \u2022 Evergem Cultural Centre, BE *
5 May 2027 \u2022 8.00 pm \u2022 Schoten CC \/ De Kaekelaar, BE *<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*full-length version*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREDITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREATION & PERFORMANCE Melody Nolan \u2022 Lily Nolan OUTSIDE EYE No\u00ebmi Wagner DRAMATURGICAL CONSULTANT Aurelia Brailowsky COSTUMES Lisa Chudalla MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Luke Deane SET DESIGN Luka Viool LIGHTING DESIGN Cerian Mason PRODUCER TENT Huis voor Hedendaags Circus PRODUCTION Juliette Talakua CO-PRODUCER PERPLX vzw \u2022 De Landing SUPPORTED BY Fonds Podiumkunsten \u2022 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts \u2022 Municipality of Rotterdam \u2022 Dioraphte \u2022 Van Bijlevelt Foundation \u2022 Mostert \u2013 Van der Meijden Foundation RESIDENCIES Silence Residency \u2022 Arts Printing House \u2022 De Clinch \u2022 Latitude 50 \u2022 Motion Chapel \u2022 PERPLX \u2022 CIRKlabo \u2022 Korzo \u2022 De Landing IMAGE Jona Harnischmacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information and the latest performance dates, visit\u00a0www.tent.eu<\/a>\u00a0
TENT is the home of contemporary circus in the Netherlands, with boundless ambitions, run by and for circus artists who are passionate about their craft. Since its foundation in 2010, it has supported artists at various stages of their artistic development and creative process by offering a range of programmes, from an open-stage performance to a four-year residency as a resident artist. In doing so, they invest in a high-quality and diverse range of circus performances in the Netherlands. www.tent.eu \u00a0<\/em><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In The Kettle is Always On zoeken twee zussen vaste grond tussen de waan van hun jongvolwassen leven. Dit intieme en humorvolle handstandduet van Nolanders & TENT verkent rituelen en de zoektocht naar houvast in een chaotische wereld. Op zaterdag 8 augustus 2026 om 16:30 gaat de compacte outdoorversie in premi\u00e8re tijdens Theaterfestival Boulevard in \u2019s-Hertogenbosch.   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8832,13483,11917,8843],"tags":[15577,4792],"class_list":["post-126582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boulevard","category-circus","category-persberichten","category-podiumkunst","tag-tfboulevard","tag-den-bosch"],"views":3604,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121135,"url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/boulevard-keert-terug-met-120-voorstellingen-op-twintig-verschillende-locaties\/","url_meta":{"origin":126582,"position":0},"title":"Boulevard returns with 120 performances at twenty different locations","author":"Theaterfestival Boulevard","date":"23 June 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Boulevard Theatre Festival is once again bringing the summer to a close in 's-Hertogenbosch with its 42nd edition. 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