A Fine Mess - Jakop Ahlbom Company & ISH Dance Collective

Name: A Fine Mess - Jakop Ahlbom Company & ISH Dance Collective - Wonkapodia
Start: 2026-12-17T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-16T21:45:00+01:00
Location: Parktheater Eindhoven

Dans & ballet

No Dutch Required

A young woman, her brother and their mother struggle daily to keep their heads above water. Their mother is sick, the bills are piling up and creditors and debt collection agencies are taking away their already meager assets. In their desperation, they decide to rob a gas station. What starts as a small handful of cash registers soon degenerates into a chain reaction of absurd situations.

Amidst this chaos, our heroes come face to face with a corrupt sheriff, who seems especially interested in her own gain. As the situation escalates into a whirling game of guns and betrayal, they discover that even the most hopeless situation can take an unexpected turn.

And then there is a mysterious cowboy with a guitar, who sings the events together.

After the success ofKnock-Out (2021), Jakop Ahlbom Company and ISH Dance Collective are once again joining forces for an explosive collaboration. Get ready for a visually spectacular action comedy full of music, slapstick and special effects.A Fine Messjakop Ahlbom and Marco Gerris base their work on films by Tarantino, the Coen Brothers and the iconic action films from the 1980s, such as Lethal Weapon and Die Hard.

The media aboutA Fine Mess
"A hilarious performance."De Volkskrant
"An evening of pure physical and visual pleasure."Het Parool
"An insane spectacle."(Theaterkrant)

Age recommendation: 14+
Trigger warning/Attention: this show contains fight scenes and weapons are used to shoot. These sounds can be experienced as loud. The way in which the explicit violence is used is a reference to a number of iconic action films. The performance also includes visual and lighting effects that can potentially cause an epileptic seizure.