In this news item we take you into the stories told by one of our favourite disciplines: theatre. This year\u2019s international performances bring new and surprising forms and content. What can you expect from Amsterdam Roots in terms of theatre?<\/p>\n
And because we are so excited about our beautiful programme, this week we are giving away tickets for performances at the TapasTheater and CC Amstel! Want to know how you can win? Read it at the bottom of this blog.<\/p>\n
What if your mother tongue is forbidden to speak?<\/strong> The hidden history of the African at the Tsar\u2019s court<\/strong> What if\u2026 I don\u2019t exist? My body is neither male, nor female<\/strong> Not a sweet story about equality, but about being allowed to be yourself<\/strong>
\nTheatre maker Sipan Sezgin Tekin grew up in a Kurdish family that had to hide its culture, just like many other Kurds in Turkey. As a result, he never fully mastered the Kurdish language. Nevertheless, he feels a strong connection with his family\u2019s language. In his performance \u2018King of snake\u2019, Sipan takes you along in the search for the relationship between language and man \u2013 what happens when you do not speak or understand a language, but can see and feel it. Watch this performance at 19.00 from 1 to 3 July in the TapasTheater.<\/p>\n
\nSaron Tesfahuney makes theatre from an African perspective, as a much-needed counterweight to the Eurocentric historiography. She tells the story of a boy from a noble family in Central Africa, who at the age of eight is kidnapped by the Ottomans and ends up at the Russian court. In her theatre play \u2018Negus of Peter the Great\u2019, Saron reconstructs the suppressed history of his origin and fatherland. Be there in the TapasTheater between 1 and 3 July, starting at 19.00!<\/p>\n
\nIn the Netherlands there are 190,000 intersex people. Born with a body that does not meet the regular definition of man or woman. They have often been kept quiet, even by themselves. This is how a growing secret nestled itself in the head of Marleen Hendrickx. How does it feel when you are not allowed to be who you are? Marleen explores this pressing question during her performance in the TapasTheater between 1 and 3 July, starting at 19.00.<\/p>\n
\nDingo\u2019s Stable is an internationally operating company around Turkish-Dutch creator Ilgin Abeln. Through playful site-specific theatre, they take a close look at subjects such as nationalism and migration, using absurd and recognisable situations. The performance \u2018As if you are at home\u2019 tells the migration story of Turks to the Netherlands and is performed free of charge on (market) squares in Southeast, North, East and West.<\/p>\n