Ravi the Robot (5+)

A performance about a special friendship in a modern household

Sas and her father's house is full of gadgets. The morning paper reads itself, the refrigerator comes to bring the drinks, the trash can cleans up the mess and puts itself out every Wednesday. Everything in the house moves by itself. Totally convenient. But Sas is missing something: a friend. She doesn't find it easy to make friends. She can't talk to her father about it. He spends all day behind his computers on video calls.

Everything changes when she comes home with Ravi. Not just anyone, because Ravi is a robot with a will of his own. Ruthless, stubborn and from now on her best friend. Sas and Ravi are always together, an inseparable duo. It drives her father crazy. What should he do with this new family member? Because let's face it ... robots don't live, do they? Or do they?

Ravi the Robot is a swinging, musical family show featuring singing robot pets and dancing devices. Marcel Osterop, Whitney Sawyer, Yung-Tuan Ku, Georgi Sztojanov and a real robot take you on an adventure where the world turns upside down and you don't know who is controlling who anymore.

Ravi the Robot is a co-production of Theater Sonnevanck and Silbersee, in collaboration with Universiteit Twente.

"In Ravi the Robot (5+), technology and unmistakably human performance come together beautifully (...) The witty voice work of tenor Georgi Sztojanov perfects and disrupts the fiction" - Theaterkrant

"Amazing how the decor was musically accompanied" - Go-Kids

"A very funny and beautiful performance" - Kidsproof

From: Theater Sonnevanck & Silbersee, in collaboration with Universiteit Twente | text & direction: Daniël van Klaveren | musical composition: Jonathan Bonny | musical dramaturgy: Romain Bischoff | acting, singing & music: Yung-Tuan Ku, Marcel Osterop, Whitney Sawyer, Georgi Sztojanov and Ravi | scenography & costumes: Morgana Machado Marques | design, construction & control robot: Edwin Dertien | actors on film: Quiah Shilue, Juul Vrijdag | lighting design: Jeroen Smith | sound design: Maurits Thiel | dramaturgy: Michiel Bijmans | directorial assistance: Lotte Oostenga | technology: Tom de Haas, Christian Toonk and Jeroen van Terheijden | image: Benning & Gladkova

Past performances

Sunday 27 November 2022 – 14:00Theater Sonnevanck (dernière)Enschede
Saturday 26 November 2022 – 15:30Deventer SchouwburgDeventer
Wednesday 23 November 2022 – 15:00Theater aan de ParadeRosmalen
Sunday 20 November 2022 – 14:00Theater aan het SpuiDen Haag
Saturday 19 November 2022 – 14:30Musis & StadstheaterArnhem
Sunday 13 November 2022 – 14:30De KrakelingAmsterdam
Saturday 12 November 2022 – 16:00De KrakelingAmsterdam
Sunday 6 November 2022 – 14:00Stadsschouwburg UtrechtUtrecht
Sunday 30 October 2022 – 15:30ZaantheaterZaandam
Saturday 29 October 2022 – 16:00Schouwburg OdeonZwolle
Friday 28 October 2022 – 15:00KunstminDordrecht
Thursday 27 October 2022 – 14:30Leidse Schouwburg StadsgehoorzaalLeiden
Monday 24 October 2022 – 14:30Theater De VesteDelft
Sunday 23 October 2022 – 15:00Theater RotterdamRotterdam
Saturday 22 October 2022 – 16:00De KampanjeDen Helder
Friday 21 October 2022 – 15:00De SchuurHaarlem
Thursday 20 October 2022 – 15:00De SchuurHaarlem
Wednesday 19 October 2022 – 14:30Taqa Theater De VestAlkmaar
Sunday 16 October 2022 – 14:30Schouwburg HengeloHengelo
Saturday 15 October 2022 – 16:00Het ParkHoorn
Wednesday 12 October 2022 – 16:00Stadsschouwburg De HarmonieLeeuwarden
Saturday 8 October 2022 – 15:00Theater Sonnevanck (première)Enschede