STEL

In ‘The show goes on’, STEL explores the everyday idea of the encounter. When can you truly meet someone? What is a real encounter? Can we pin down exactly when and why it happens? Is it possible to let go of all expectations and really see each other, as if for the first time? In this philosophical pulp, the central question is not ‘who am I?’, but rather: ‘what are we’?

Through a string of encounter scenes, Romy and Thomas try to put their finger on these questions. But they soon lose themselves in a meandering conversation in which they wonder whether the real encounter lies not in a spectacular beginning, but in the never-ending middle. Doesn’t an encounter happen precisely when you’re expecting nothing?

Romy and Thomas try to meet each other anew not only as performers, but also as friends. That friendship is 10 years old. Why have they been talking to each other for so long? Can they remember where it all began? And can you keep trying to see someone you’ve known for years as if for the first time?

‘The show goes on’ is a light-hearted, philosophical and playful show about looking and being seen. About expectations and surprises. About how we find each other, lose each other and can learn to know each other all over again.