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As a girl in the Kollum asylum seekers’ center, Nazanin waited for one thing: an invitation from Henny Huisman. But it never came. Now, with an acting diploma and a flourishing career, she stands on stage herself. In her raw, hilarious, and moving solo performance, she asks the question that has been waiting for years: what happens to the dreams of a girl who saw everything, but was never seen?
The Surprise Show tells the poignant story of a child growing up between uncertainty and hope. A personal yet universal story about the search for a future in an uncertain world. In 1994, Nazanin fled Iran and ended up in the Kollum Asylum Seekers’ Centre. Years later, she stands on stage with a diploma, finally one step closer to Henny Huisman. Full of childhood memories of blossoming friendships in the waiting rooms of a system that referred but never answered.
Nazanin Taheri (Iran, 1987) fled to the Netherlands as a child and grew up in the Kollum Asylum Seekers’ Centre. She graduated from a Dutch drama academy and built a multifaceted career in theatre and television. In 2015, she founded Theatre Group IND — In Nederland Dromen —. The Surprise Show is her first solo performance.
TOBAL is committed to inclusive and accessible theatre, where everyone feels welcome. Via Rudolphi Producties works with autonomous performing makers with a mission: they tell their own stories that are not yet told enough.
