OPSTAND (REBELLION)
What kind of world do you want to live in?
2025 / 2026
The world is on fire and the stakes are high. For OPSTAND (REBELLION), Marte speaks with various people standing up in resistance. Climate activists, feminists, and anti-racism fighters, as well as anarchists and angry farmers. What drives them to take action? From mass demonstrations to small, quiet protest: resistance is part of being human.
OPSTAND is a theatrical audio performance and a collective exercise in resistance. A hopeful attempt to get the silent middle moving. Who forms the counterforce? When do you say no? Discover the rebel within yourself during this immersive performance about resistance, hope, and standing up for your ideals. You do have an impact. It matters. Give a damn.
The Year of Resistance
The performance OPSTAND grew directly out of the artistic research of The Year of Resistance. Throughout this year-long trajectory, we explored alongside participants and guest curators how to awaken our inner rebel, where our boundaries lie, and what resistance means in our personal and collective lives. The exchanges, physical experiments, and insights from our studio laid the direct foundation for the final audio performance.
Team
Concept & Director
Marte Boneschansker
Business Management
Chris Belloni
Performers
Alidtcha Binazon, Erwin Boschmans, Marley Braaf, Nina-Elisa Euson, Simone Giel en Vincent Brons
Music
Rory Ronde
Scenography
Geartsje van der Zee
Lighting Design
Floriaan Ganzevoort
Dramaturgy
Vincent Brons
Assistant Director
Honey Eavis
Technicians
Albert Jan ten Napel, Thomas Myrmel
Set Construction
Merijn Versnel
Costume Makers / Seamstresses
Syl van Duyn en Sandra Menting
Sound Mixing
Arno Peeters
Graphic Design
Zuzanna Loch
Publicity Image
Thomas Teun Meijer, Bowie Verschuuren
Poster Model
Giovanni van Bossé
Production
Silvie Konings
PR / Publicity
Maartje Hagar Treep
Community
Shayne McCreadie
Trailer
Bowie Verschuuren
Curators of The Year of Resistance
Rory Ronde en Didi Kreike
Special thanks to: everyone we spoke with and the members of The Year of Resistance
OPSTAND is a production by Company Marte Boneschansker and is made possible with the support of Performing Arts Fund NL, AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts), VFonds, and VriendenLoterij Fonds
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“Opstand is impressive and leads to long conversations afterward about the place resistance takes in your life.”
“OPSTAND works like a charm.”