'I rejoice at the thought that my death is insignificant'. That single sentence – of which a picture is created when one of the characters uses waterdrops to draw the letters on the dry concrete floor – underpins this performance which further abandons any text and instead makes use of rich imagery.
The 50 actors of Mapping the unknown are mostly inhabitants of Dordrecht. Lotte van den Berg and these people – plus a handful of professional actors – posed themselves a simple question, which was the starting point for this production: Who are we together? Are we individuals or a group? The characters – dressed up in somewhat worn out fancy costumes – flutter on and off the stage. In a seemingly casual manner strong images are created of people who, ever so briefly, do or experience something 'together'. Shortly thereafter the cohesion dissipates, each going his or her own way, Mapping the unknown.
Everybody who worked for OMSK in 2009:
Lotte van den Berg, Bart Kusters, Koen van Oosterhout, Rianne van Hassel, Willemijn Lamp, Ifor Schrauwen, Guido Kleene, Marjolein Frijling, Dennis van Tilburg, Manuel Boutreur, Aafke Buringh, Saskia Bonarius, Paul Koenen, Anne Habermann, Marienke van Terheijden, Bas van Rijnsoever, Ank Daamen, Valentine Kempynck, Menno Riemersma, Maarten Meyer, Frank Odink, Jellichje Reijnders, Willem Weemhoff, Floor van Leeuwen, Marie Groothof, Lucas De Man, Thiadmer van Galen, Jasper van Roden, Ariadna Rubio Lleo, Gjalt Vlam, Adriaan de Geus, Gunther, Olav van Enkhuijzen, Matthijs Hofman, Leo van der Veen, Alex le Bruijn, Kevin Koop, Lisa Monshouwer, Anna Veldhuis, Saskia den Hartigh, Vinny Jones, Lieven Slabbinck, Aidan Radier, Freija Wouters, Pitu Ami Radier, Teus Nederhof, Merel Eijkelhof, Hanne Struijf, Jasper van Hofwegen, Leela May Stockholm, Justin Grigas, Robin Hogkamer, Bosse Beckers, Steffan de Boer, Stefan Noordzij, Alex van der Ven, Hein Drost, Jan Fedinger, Kim Luc, Steven Wouters, Vojkan Milosev, Peter de Deugd, Frans Winterwerp, Gerard van Boxtel, Luigi Barone, Pieter Zaunbrecher, Dyonne Kruger, Marte Koning, Robin Kruger, Linda Sprangers, Jana de Graaf, Josine Slemmer, Tanja van den Heuvel, Danielle Waardenburg, Leonie Naaktgeboren, Regina Kivulu-Feza, Karisma Cahyaningrum, Francisca Aalbers, Nicolette Koning, Corinne Simons, Ineke Snaathorst, Leny Roels, Nellie van de Berg, Elly Bos, Corrie Barone, Hildegard de Graaf, Annemieke van der Leede, Janet Dubbeldam, Judith van Willigen, Ruveanne Gerissen, Wim de Reus and more.
