FAREWELL

Name: FAREWELL - Perry Gits / Tafel van Vijf Muziektheater
Start: 2026-03-18T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Perry Gits / Tafel van Vijf Muziektheater

Tue 17 Mar ’26 and Wed 18 Mar ’26

A pop-up exhibition and a unique movement performance about the celebration of life and death.

Tue 17 Mar ’26

and

Wed 18 Mar ’26

Tue 17 Mar ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Wed 18 Mar ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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In this unique movement performance, which takes place in a specially designed immersive environment, in which the audience is also seated, Perry transports the audience to a coming-of-age story about the celebration of life and death.

Musicians bring hypnotic sounds ranging from ambient and electronics to punk. This performance takes place in a specially designed Claywalk (a catwalk made of earth and clay). Perry invites the audience on a journey to a new beginning. There's a dress code: come dressed in red and black*.

Dialogue between dance and music

The live music of Phantom Wizard and Azubike Onwuka, along with a musical composition by Arakaza and Nawaz, creates drama, harmony, and melody. In this performance, music is not the foundation for the dance, but rather engages in dialogue with it: while Perry dances, the musicians improvise, and vice versa. An almost symbiotic collaboration where the two art forms blend as closely as possible.

Dress code: red and black*
Perry invites you, the audience, to come together in red and black. By dressing together in these colors, we share a sense of connection. This dress code for the audience was chosen because it symbolically refers to Ghanaian funeral rituals, where black represents grief and mourning and red the intensity and emotional pain of loss. Thus, the performance unfolds as a search for connections between old and new rituals.

Dresscode: red and black

Credits

creator and performer Perry Gits final direction Dionne Verwey danceconsultant Nicole Geertruida
outside eye Peggy Olislaegers scenography and lightdesign Liza Houben musical composition Rory Ronde, Yariv Vroom, Nawaz, Arakaza, Phantom Wizard, Azubike Onwuka live music Phantom Wizard, Azubike Onwuka costume direction and styling Ricardo van Lachterop costume designs Esmay Wagemans, Dylan Westerweel trailer concept, film and direction Anna van der Velde
mua trailer Bjorn Mohamadmoesman pr Okra Agency technicians Pepijn Stutterheim, Urban Bendanon
campagne image Studio Polat mua campagne image Shelley Lashley location campaign image Visser Automotive BV production manager Zarah Ruwhof, Rosalie Witte host and production Loïs Joya
exhibition Museum Tot Zover

About Perry

Perry Gits is a performance artist and studied at the Lucia Marthas dance schools and the Amsterdam University of the Arts. He danced and performed roles in the musicals Hair and Dreamgirls. Perry belongs to the first generation of the vogue/ballroom community in the Netherlands, is co-organizer of The Black Pride Ball, and works as a booker/programmer in the Amsterdam club and festival scene.

In 2022, Perry won the Golden Cricket for best stage performance in a youth theatre production in the 2021/2022 season. He received this prestigious stage award, presented annually by the VSCD, for his multidisciplinary performance in PERRY (14+).

Exhibition and partner

The traveling exhibition at FAREWELL by Museum Tot Zover invites you to reflect on cultural and personal rituals and traditions surrounding life and death.
Museum Tot Zover is located on the grounds of De Nieuwe Ooster cemetery in Amsterdam. The museum collects objects and stories about history, contemporary culture, and how we deal with life, death, and saying goodbye. Exhibitions range from permanent presentations to changing displays.