SLEEPWALKING DEMOCRACY

A performance by LAPD & Made in da Shade about drug trafficing and democracy in the Netherlands. 
This performance was presented during RIGHTABOUTNOW.NU from June 27 - July 8 2006, at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.

In May and June, four members of LAPD spent a two-month residency in Amsterdam working with company members of 'Made in da Shade'; a professional theater based in Amsterdam comprised of Dutch people of South and North African ancestry. With directors John Malpede and Maarten van Hinte, LAPD and Made in da Shade created a new performance about drug trafficing in the Netherlands and it's effects on society. A starting point in building the performance was transcripts of the 'IRT Hearings'; a public parlimentary investigation into allegations of Dutch police involvement in international drug trafficing.

designed by Daniel J. Ashes & Karl Leidsman

 

Concept & direction: John Malpede, Maarten van Hinte. Performers: Nasrdin Dchar, Unorthadox, Tony Parker, Sashae Siatui, Henriëtte Brouwers, Marjorie Boston, Jenny Mijnhijmer, DJ: LoveSupreme, artwork: Dr. Jay, interaction design: The Blue Noise Department, tech.: Fritz Janszen. Joris van Rossem.

     
performance pictures by Pepijn van den Broeke