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Ontroerend Goed - Handle With Care

Commissioned by Lowry
Wed 05 Nov 2025 Multiple times

Handle with Care is theatre stripped down to its essence. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you.

 A box is mailed to the theatre. The instructions are clear:

Invite a group of people, on a specific night, at a specific time.

Let the audience take their seats.

Place the box at the centre of the stage.

The audience is waiting.

And then an audience member stands up and opens the box.

The show has started.

In Handle with Care, Ontroerend Goed puts you in control. We provide the structure; you shape the experience. Choose your role—take the lead or observe as others make choices that steer the performance in unexpected directions. Together, you create something special: a shared experience filled with reflections on time, transience, and togetherness. And don’t worry—there are no wrong choices in Handle with Care. You’ve got this. For one hour, you’ll live something unique, fleeting, and unrepeatable. Here. Now. Together. No one is watching. What is yours, stays yours. Take good care of it. And send us a postcard.

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Age Recommendation: 14+

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Credits

Concept & creation: Alexander Devriendt, Karolien De Bleser, Samir Veen, Leonore Spee & Charlotte De Bruyne
Design: Nick Mattan & Edouard Devriendt
Production team: Lynn Van den Bergh, Leda Decleyre, Hannes Pieters
Editor (English): Tiffer Hutchings
Production: Ontroerend Goed
Coproduction: NTGent (BE); Stadttheater Schaffhausen (CH); Melbourne Fringe Festival (AU); Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK); Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow (UK); CCAM Scène Nationale de Vandœuvre (FR); IDFA, Amsterdam (NL); YOUNG Theatre, Shanghai (CN); Aranya Theater Festival (CN); Hexagone Scène Nationale, Meylan (FR); Le MAIF Social Club – Biennale Némo, Paris (FR); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR); The Lowry, Salford (UK); Scène Nationale Carré-Colonnes, St. Médard (FR); RAMPE, Stuttgart (DE); The Zoom Arts Center, Seoul (KR); Hong Kong Arts Festival (HK); Cambridge Junction (UK); The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HR); Théâtre La Mouche, Saint-Genis-Laval (FR); Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Rome (IT); Gothenburg English Studio Theatre (SE); Perpodium, Antwerpen (BE); i.a.
With the support of: the Flemish Community, the city of Ghent, the Tax Shelter measures of the Belgian federal government & Cronos Invest
Many thanks to: Angelo Tijssens

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