Lieve hemel

In Lieve Hemel, presenter and singer Joris Linssen delves into the age-old Bible story of Ruth. A moving and contemporary search for hope and connection in a world that is changing rapidly and where people sometimes lose sight of each other.

Together with musicians Myrthe van de Weetering (vocals, violin and double bass) and Vera Marijt (piano, keys and vocals), Joris brings a performance full of vulnerable stories, moving and recognizable music, interwoven with personal reflections.  Meeting the family and the volunteers around them touched him deeply. In their story he saw the same resilience and hope that characterizes Ruth's story. But the story also raises the question of whether there is still room under heaven for everyone.

Lieve Hemel is a performance about fear and surrender, about losing and starting over - about how, in the midst of a changing world, we still find direction and about the small miracles that arise when we open our hearts.

SHORT BIO OF MUSICIANS
Vera Marijt studied jazz piano at the RoyalShe recorded her debut album Insight Out in Montreal, Canada, and toured with her jazz trio at home and abroad.

Vera is now a popular pianist in the theater scene and has played, among other things, with Kovacs, Arjen Lubach and Brigitte Kaandorp. She toured with Rosa da Silva last season and recorded the song 'Stel je voor' with Lucretia van der Vloot and Huub van der Lubbe. Vera also plays in De Vrouwejaars, a New Year's Eve conference devised by Yora Rienstra, in which various female artists look back on the year.

Myrthe van de Weetering is a versatile musician who sings, plays the violin and double bass and writes songs. Her musical career started at a young age when she performed in a TV show with Jaap van Zweden at the age of five. Since then she has performed worldwide with various bands.  Her music style varies from chansons to Latin, from classical to hip hop and 'world music', and she is a lover of improvisation. This talented multi-instrumentalist comes into her own in a theater