The Drama
In The Drama, director and theater maker Florian Myjer theatrically dissects our class society, with humor and painful honesty.
The idea that the Netherlands supposedly has no classes is a narrative that is long outdated. Yet we rarely talk about it. But how do we talk to each other about class? The Drama opens a conversation we often avoid and exposes the mechanisms that divide us.
During a debate evening at a major cultural institution, four prominent figures gather on stage to finally discuss class. But what begins as an idealistic attempt to break the silence quickly turns into something more personal and confrontational. Shame, blind spots, and hidden anger are mercilessly brought to light. As the evening takes a direction no one had foreseen, the speakers fully experience how much their origins have shaped them and how difficult it is to connect with someone who is—seemingly—distant from you.
Where Myjer dissected the patriarchy through personal stories with the successful Pride & Prejudice , in The Drama he shows how class difference is the great unequalizer in people’s lives. How do our dreams and desires relate to such a dominant societal system?
A sharp and layered performance that grates, disrupts, and moves. The Drama is a tragicomedy that is simultaneously hilarious and painfully relatable, and that forces you to think about what we prefer to leave unsaid.
