english highlights

opera classic in a world in which the balance between the masculine and the feminine has been disrupted by a conflict between the King of the Sun and the Queen of the Night. De Nederlandse Reisopera performs the spectacular music from Mozart’s most famous opera in a semi-staged version. Sung in German with Dutch and English subtitles.

Stand-up comedy

Thu 2 Feb, Fri 3 Feb | 20:00 - 22:00h | Lutherse Kerk | € 10 - € 20 | lutherse-kerk.com

Two nights of English spoken comedy in the Lutherse Kerk by Romanian comedians Radu Isac and Victor Pãtrãşcan. They will present their comedy show Failing in Love in which the comedians will take you through their love lives, romantic adventures, dating successes, but mostly failures, and much more. The next night, on Friday 3th of February, in their show The End of the World Radu Isac and Victor Pãtrãşcan will do standup comedy on some of the most controversial topics of today. In their press release they warn their audiences: “This show is not for the easily offended.”

All You See?

Tue 7 Feb | 19:30h | Lumière | € 5 - € 10 | lumiere.nl

What if you suddenly end up in a world where you are no longer seen, but stared at? How do you build up a life when you are constantly subjected to the projections of others? All You See shows the alienation this evokes in four protagonists who are new to the Netherlands. The experience of alienation is all too familiar to director Niki Padidar, who left Iran at the age of 7. In All You See, she enters into painful and humorous conversations with three other immigrants. After the movie screening there will be a discussion about the film in relation to current events. This event is organized by Studium Generale Maastricht.