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Holland Festival: Juggle & Hide

Wichaya Artamat, Duck Unit, For What Theatre
Thu 18 Jun ’26 - Sun 21 Jun ’26
Floating pizza boxes, jingling bells and bath toys that move on their own.
Thu 18 Jun ’26
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Sun 21 Jun ’26

After years of using clever, often poetic metaphors to explore Thai politics, theatre maker Wichaya Artamat now turns the lens on himself. In Juggle & Hide, he takes the stage as an authoritarian director, surrounded by the symbols and objects from his previous work. This time, they refuse to stay silent: his metaphors, the 'whatchamacallits', want to have a word with him. 

Together with writer Pathipon (Miss Oat) and the collective DuckUnit, Wichaya builds a mechanical, almost living structure: a theatrical machine that exposes his creative process and dissects his thinking. 

The performance functions as both a show and an open work shop. The work moves between two realities: the artistic freedom Wichaya experiences internationally and the censorship that defines his home country, Thailand. Within that tension, he raises an uncomfortable question: how do you make art when not everything can be said? And who ultimately decides what something means, the maker, the audience, or the context? 

  • Duration: 75 mins.  
  • Language: Thai
  • Surtitles: English, Dutch
  • Podiumpas not valid for Holland Festival performances

Credits

concept and direction Wichaya Artamat text Wichaya Artamat, Pathipon (Miss Oat) artisitic direction Pornpan Arayaveerasid, Rueangrith Suntisuk technical direction Pornpan Arayaveerasid, Rueangrith Suntisuk dramaturg Yuya Tsukahara sound design Araki Masamitsu sound operation Araki Masamitsu mechanics creation Laphonphat Duongploy technical operation Piti Boonsom, Chayamon Srijaruyanon prop operation & set management Surat Kaewseekarm sound design Toru Koda project management Monthira Jamsri technical manager Monthira Jamsri production Sasapin Siriwanij co-production Kyoto Experiment, The Japan Foundation, For What Theatre, Duck Unit with support from Kyoto Art Center, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, The Saison Foundation

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