Photo: Michiel Spijkers Autumn holiday tip (8+) Revival Sung in Dutch Libretto Roziena Salihu Arrangements / composition of electronic music Jan van Eerd Musical direction Hanne van de Vrie Concept and stage direction Naomi van der Linden Set and costume design Dymph Boss Lighting design Ianthe van der Hoek Choreography Jomecia Oosterwolde Dramaturgy Naomi Teekens Nia Houda Bibouda Oma Elena Vink Tante Jomecia Oosterwolde Ensemble Nienke Nasserian, Anna Traub, Joris van Baar Percussion and electronics Jan van Eerd Piano Charlie Bo Meijering Cello Geneviève Verhage Performances for schools We offer an exclusive school matinee for primary school students. See operaballet.nl/en/ school-performances Founding partner programming Studio Boekman Premiere 19/10/2025 Subsequent performances: 20*, 20, 21*, 21, 23*, 23, 24*, 25*, 25, 26*, 26 October 2025 | Curtain-up: 16:00 / *13:30 | Ticket sales start on: 8 May 2025 | Prices: see page 125 | Location: Studio Boekman, Dutch National Opera & Ballet This spoken-word opera takes audiences on eleven-year-old Nia’s magical and philosophical quest. Her grandmother, a leading scientist, wants Nia to use her amazing mathematical skills every day in her laboratory in a joint effort to achieve a breakthrough in physics with the ‘theory of everything’. But her aunt, a famous dancer, sees a different talent in Nia and wants her to spend all her time in the dance studio. Nia could do both and wants to do both, but she doesn’t know how to manage it. Unexpected discoveries The Theory of Everything brings different worlds together not only in its story but also in its form, as it draws on opera and dance, classical music and spoken word, arts and sciences. The production uses a light-hearted approach to show how combining things that at first don’t seem to go together can lead to unexpected discoveries. After a successful series of performances in the 2023 – 2024 season, we are returning with this energetic family opera for the autumn holiday period. The makers Stage director Naomi van der Linden and musical director Hanne van de Vrie came up with the idea for The Theory of Everything. They previously worked together at Dutch National Opera on the Children’s Chorus Festival and the Opera Heroes project. For this musical family production, they collaborated with various artists including composer Carlijn Metselaar and multidisciplinary word artist Roziena Salihu. Dazzling family production that unites different worlds Nia is looking for more time. With the hours she has, it just doesn’t seem possible: helping her grandmother in the lab while also training in her aunt’s dance studio. Will she have to make a choice? In a vibrant production, The Theory of Everything shows it doesn’t always have to be a question of ‘one or the other’. “ Lovely inventive family opera” de Volkskrant 25
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