A box is mailed to the theatre.
The instructions are clear:
Invite a group of people, on a specific night, at a specific time.
Let the audience take their seats.
Place the box at the centre of the stage.
The audience is waiting.
And then an audience member stands up and opens the box.
The show has started.
'Handle with Care' is theatre stripped down to its essence. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you. That is the dashing exploit we are currently working on. From October 2025 onwards, we want to present 'Handle with Care' in several locations at the same time.
In 'Handle with Care', Ontroerend Goed gives you complete control. For an hour, you’ll experience something unique — one-off and unrepeatable. Here. Now. Together.
No one is watching. Can you create something meaningful?
Credits
Concept & creation: Alexander Devriendt, Karolien De Bleser, Samir Veen, Leonore Spee & Charlotte De Bruyne
Design: Nick Mattan & Edouard Devriendt
Translations: Martine Bom (FR), Aurélie Lannoy (FR), Samir Veen (EN), Lore Meesters (DE), Hong Zhan (CN), Tai Yin Chang (CN), Mima Simić (HR), Dayoung Jeong (KR), Andrea Romano (IT), a.o.
Editor English: Tiffer Hutchings
Voices: Silvio Vovk (HR), Jong Wook Yang (KR), Gina Beuk (DE), Karolien De Bleser, Leonore Spee, Samir Veen, Charlotte De Bruyne, Aurélie Lannoy, Alexander Devriendt, i.a.
Production team: Lynn Van den Bergh, Leda Decleyre, Willie-Marie Hermans & Hannes Pieters
Production: Ontroerend Goed
Coproduction: NTGent (BE); Stadttheater Schaffhausen (CH); Melbourne Fringe (AU); Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK); Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow (UK); CCAM Scène Nationale de Vandœuvre (FR); IDFA, Amsterdam (NL); YOUNG Theatre, Shanghai (CN); Hexagone Scène Nationale, Meylan (FR); MAIF Social Club – Biennale Némo, Paris (FR); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR); Lowry, Salford (UK); Scène Nationale Carré-Colonnes, St. Médard (FR); Theater RAMPE, Stuttgart (DE); The Zoom Arts Center, Seoul (KR); Hong Kong Arts Festival (HK); Cambridge Junction (UK); The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HR); Théâtre La Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval (FR); Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Rome (IT); Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (SE); Perpodium, Antwerpen (BE); i.a.
With the support of: the Flemish Community, the city of Ghent, the Tax Shelter measures of the Belgian federal government & Cronos Invest
Many thanks to: Angelo Tijssens, zwartopwit, Speelkaartenmuseum / Rock Paper Pencil, Turnhout
Concept & creation: Alexander Devriendt, Karolien De Bleser, Samir Veen, Leonore Spee & Charlotte De Bruyne
Design: Nick Mattan & Edouard Devriendt
Translations: Martine Bom (FR), Aurélie Lannoy (FR), Samir Veen (EN), Lore Meesters (DE), Hong Zhan (CN), Tai Yin Chang (CN), Mima Simić (HR), Dayoung Jeong (KR), Andrea Romano (IT), a.o.
Editor English: Tiffer Hutchings
Voices: Silvio Vovk (HR), Jong Wook Yang (KR), Gina Beuk (DE), Karolien De Bleser, Leonore Spee, Samir Veen, Charlotte De Bruyne, Aurélie Lannoy, Alexander Devriendt, i.a.
Production team: Lynn Van den Bergh, Leda Decleyre, Willie-Marie Hermans & Hannes Pieters
Production: Ontroerend Goed
Coproduction: NTGent (BE); Stadttheater Schaffhausen (CH); Melbourne Fringe (AU); Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK); Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow (UK); CCAM Scène Nationale de Vandœuvre (FR); IDFA, Amsterdam (NL); YOUNG Theatre, Shanghai (CN); Hexagone Scène Nationale, Meylan (FR); MAIF Social Club – Biennale Némo, Paris (FR); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR); Lowry, Salford (UK); Scène Nationale Carré-Colonnes, St. Médard (FR); Theater RAMPE, Stuttgart (DE); The Zoom Arts Center, Seoul (KR); Hong Kong Arts Festival (HK); Cambridge Junction (UK); The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HR); Théâtre La Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval (FR); Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Rome (IT); Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (SE); Perpodium, Antwerpen (BE); i.a.
With the support of: the Flemish Community, the city of Ghent, the Tax Shelter measures of the Belgian federal government & Cronos Invest
Many thanks to: Angelo Tijssens, zwartopwit, Speelkaartenmuseum / Rock Paper Pencil, Turnhout
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