“A show that’s guaranteed to have you smiling from one floppy ear to the other.” (director Festival Imaginate, Edinburgh)
In Wanted: Rabbit three police officers go looking for a bunny who has broken out of jail. Rabbits, as you may have noticed, do not play by the rules. They dig holes without applying for a permit, eat carrots that they haven’t paid for, leave droppings in the street, and, in spite of their big ears, never listen. A police hunt for the bunny ensues, and the fugitive starts popping up as a finger puppet in every corner of the miniature city. It eventually becomes apparent that the city has been taken over by rabbits. Even the police chief starts to grow rabbit ears! Will you help us to solve this case?
Director René Geerlings about Wanted: Rabbit
“When they asked me to make something for 3+ I thought ‘How can I get toddlers to sit still?’ When I was that age I was crazy about policemen. So I figured it should be CSI Miami for 3 year olds. I also wanted to play around with scale, the physical size of things, so that the target group could for once get the feeling that they were big instead of small. That’s where the idea of the miniature stage set comes from.”
International tour Wanted: Rabbit
15 & 16 Nov. 2012: TakeOff Festival, Durham City, UK
10-13 May 2013 Edinburgh – Imaginate Festival | SCOTLAND
27-28 May 2013 Lakeside Arts Centre | Nottingham | UK (Wheee! International Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival)
29-30 May 2013 The Spark Children’s Arts Festival l Leicester | UK
26-28 Sep 2013 Szene Bunte Wähne | Vienna | AUSTRIA
10-16 Feb 2014 The Egg | Bath | UK
18-23 Feb 2014 Unicorn Theatre | London |UK
19 Feb 2015 Kaas und Kappes Festival | Duisburg | GERMANY
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Touring period: on request (easy to travel)
Age: 3 years and up
Duration: 30 minutes
Performance area: 4 m x 4 m / height: 2,5 m
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“Authentic wit (…) delightful slapstick and skilled acting combine to make the show a festive treat for anyone over the age of two. Max makes a first successful foray into theater for toddlers.”
TM 2011“Frolicking theater in miniature, with a literal and figurative false bottom.”
Volkskrant 2011“A real treat. Both children and their parents won’t be able to get enough of watching the ever bolder rabbits hop around the city. (…) makes a clear link to the experience of toddlers. It’s as if the actors are making up the play step by step together with the kids, who gaze at the action open-mouthed.”
Trouw 2011“A show that’s guaranteed to have you smiling from one floppy ear to the other.”
director Festival Imaginate, Edinburgh“Wanted:Rabbit, by Dutch group Maas, is surely among the finest theatre work for kids aged three to five.”
Herald Scotland“One favourite was Wanted Rabbit, a 35-minute play suitable for kids two and older about police looking for an escaped rabbit.”
Nottingham Post“There’s a slapstick feel to the comic playing by the cast of three that is hugely entertaining in its own right”
Herald Scotland“Jolly 30-minute satire”
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Direction/set design: René Geerlings
Performance (rotating cast): Anne Fé de Boer, Saskia Driessen, Roos Hoogland, Niek van der Horst, Koen Kreulen, Lotte Rischen, Sus Verbruggen
Costumes: Marike Kamphuis
Directorial advice: Dorien Folkers, Moniek Merkx
English translation: Rina Vergano
Video: JKTV Producties
Photography: Moon Saris en René den Engelsman
Image: –SYB-
Dag theater Maas,
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