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Three Times Left is Right

Studio Julian Hetzel
Tue 31 Mar ’26 - Sat 4 Apr ’26
An urgent and darkly humorous piece about polarisation.
Tue 31 Mar ’26
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Sat 4 Apr ’26

In their new performance, Studio Julian Hetzel asks: How do we coexist with those whose beliefs are worlds apart from our own? Three Times Left is Right focuses on a couple at odds. Torn between conflicting beliefs, they embody the challenge of living together under irreconcilable ideologies.

Met hun tegengestelde ideeën belichamen ze de uitdaging van samenleven met onverenigbare ideologieën. Een familieportret dat de breuken in de samenleving uitvergroot. “I love to hate you. I hate to love you.” Een voorstelling die je meeneemt langs een politieke Möbiusstrip. Wat als je morele kompas verschuift? Wat als je links denkt maar rechts doet, of andersom? Wat gebeurt er als de polarisatie zo extreem wordt dat we het verschil niet meer zien?

Deze voorstelling is een uitnodiging aan het publiek om ideologische conflicten waarin geweld wordt genormaliseerd te onderzoeken. Three Times Left is Right tovert het theater om tot speculatieruimte en ensceneert een verontrustend toekomstscenario. Alles heeft een einde – maar een worst heeft er twee.

  • Duration: 90 min. 
  • Trigger warning: during the performance they use fake blood, strong smells, loud noise, strobe lights and smoke
  • Language: English

Credits

regie Julian Hetzel performers Josse De Pauw, Kristien De Proost & Jakob Proyer dramaturgie Miguel A. Melgares artistieke adviseurs Sodja Lotker & Kristien De Proost video- & lichtontwerp Bahadir Hamdemir muziek & compositie Frank Wienk regieassistent Esmée Begemann

In the media

‘Political theatre that is both a horror comedy and a marriage portrait? With Three times left is right, Julian Hetzel lives up to his name of provocateur. Actor couple Josse De Pauw and Kristien De Proost are on stage together and that creates fireworks.’ ★★★★★ De Standaard

About Julian Hetzel

Julian Hetzel is a performance maker and visual artist who creates politically charged, documentary-style works for theaters and galleries. His work is produced and presented internationally. Born in the Black Forest (DE), Hetzel is now based in Utrecht (NL). He studied visual communication at Bauhaus University in Weimar (DE) and graduated from DasArts Amsterdam in 2013, an artistic research lab for new theater and performance.

His performance The Automated Sniper won the VSCD Mime Performance Prize in 2017. Since 2018, he has collaborated with CAMPO arts center (BE), leading to acclaimed works like All Inclusive (2018) and Mount Average (2021). In 2019, he presented three works at the Venice Theater Biennale.

In 2024, Diarrhea is My Favorite Color and SPAfrica (coproduction with SPRING) were showcased at the Dutch Theater Festival, with both productions receiving major awards and nominations. Since 2021, Studio Julian Hetzel has been structurally supported by the City of Utrecht and the Performing Arts Fund NL.

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