Plankton

In Om de hoek woont een struik, maker duo Plankton, Sonja van Ojen and Hendrik Kegels, bring to life a miniature city they built themselves. Not people, but the maple tree, the lampposts, the public toilet, the chimney, the beetles under the tiles and the kiosk on the square play the leading role.

The day breaks, a dustbin blows over, a plastic bag entangles itself in the branches of a tree, a pigeon defecates on the statue, the crocuses open. This delightfully imaginative and wordless performance is accompanied by a cinematic soundtrack by Studio Ree (Frederik de Clercq).

Om de hoek woont een struik was one of the three winners of the BNG Bank Theaterprijs 2020 and was selected for Het Nederlands Theater Festival 2021. In 2024, the performance was nominated for the Grünschnabel Award for International Puppet Theatre in Switzerland.