Deadlift
Al-Harah Theater, Boy Jonkergouw Producties en Riksteatern Bashar Murkus – DEADLIFT الحَمّالون 2025 Reviews: **** Volkskrant: De Palestijnse regisseur Bashar Murkus maakt krachtig theater over hoop houden tussen het puin **** NRC: Bij ‘Deadlift’ geen Bob Vylan-toestanden, maar een subtiele verbeelding van de pijn van de Palestijnen Conceived Visualised and directed by Bashar Murkus, Performers: Ehab Abed,…
Dangerous Names
Dangerous Names 2024 Dangerous Names – Rehumanizing the dehumanized***** Choice of critics Dutch Theatre journal ***** ‘This show did more for Bosnia Herzegovina than all the politicians in the last 25 years combined’(Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dr. Bisera Turkovic) ‘A magnificent and heart wrenching theatre play that only gains interest…
Here I breathe freely
Here I breathe freely 2023 For the Tilburg Institute for Musical theatre Boy wrote and directed in 2024 a large-scale musical theatre production about the Dutch King William II who had his residence in Tilburg in the 19th century. It was a theatre show with over 70 participants from the Tilburg municipality and its surroundings.…
Eyes wide open
Eyes Wide Open Met open ogen 2017 ‘I never dared to admit that I might have PTSD, because I didn’t want to be a pussy, but tonight (because of this theatre piece) I dare to say it for the first time’ (Dutch visitor and veteran after seeing Eyes Wide Open) With three Dutch veterans Boy…
Vol is Vol
Vol is Vol 2016 For the grand opening of the Tilburg Cultuurnacht 2016, Boy Jonkergouw organized the ‘full is full dinnershow,’ a clear ironic hint to xenophobic remarks by right-wing politician Geert Wilders. The food with the show was cooked by Syrian refugees and Mohamed Odeh, a famous Syrian choreographer, created a part of the…
Horror Vacui
Horror Vacui Theatre group Misfit – 2012-2014 Assigned by the Reinier van Arkel Mental health care institute, Boy Jonkergouw made two productions with people suffering from schizophrenia, autism or a severe bipolar disorder. Following dozens of hours of group conversations, Boy created, in close consultation with the actors, a performance in which they used their…
Final show Bosch Parade
Final show Bosch Parade 2014 For the Bosch Parade, a Dutch art parade on the water, inspired by the famous medieval painter Hiëronymus Bosch, Boy directed the final show of this parade