who I am
what I do
what I dream of

about embracing and encounters

closer than ever

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a show on location by Paul Röttger

with singing, live music, circus arts, dance and film

Paul Röttger about Het gedroomde café :

who I am
I want to stand in the centre of society, but I also like to dream. Dream to lift me up from reality about which I am concerned. Society is become more silent, the distance to the other bigger. I see individuals and groups pull back and the places where you can meet the other disappear. More than ever I feel the need to dream together, to know what is going on in all those minds.

what I do
I make theatre to show my dreams and ask questions. To make the spectator think and start conversations. We perform on location because I want to meet the city. Understanding begins with encounters.

what I dream of

Dreaming belongs to you, you give yourself the space to explore desires, stimulate creativity and process sadness. There’s less and less room for dreaming, because we make less time for things that aren’t measurable. I wish for a society in which we are allowed to dream and to discover the dreams of others. A place in which we can each other every possible question and tell each other every possible story.

Het gedroomde café

In Het gedroomde café we listen to each other’s stories and desires. The dreams of the other often touch our own dreams. The show is close to the skin and close to the heart: you get to know the performers from our company, you recognize yourself.

You become the other.