The Original

Name: The Original - Sîpan Sezgin Tekin
Start: 2025-10-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Sîpan Sezgin Tekin

Wed 22 Oct ’25 and Thu 23 Oct ’25

More Than An Artist, Less Than A Madman.

Wed 22 Oct ’25

and

Thu 23 Oct ’25

Wed 22 Oct ’25

21:00

Try-out

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

Tickets

Thu 23 Oct ’25

21:00

Première

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

Tickets

"I’M NOT MAD, I’M SUFFOCATING WITHIN YOUR REALITY" Antonin Artaud

The Original stands as an investigation and reaction to how we see ourselves and how we present ourselves to others.

The performance views this repetitive event as a form of madness and searches for a poetry of madness, and the influence of madness on language.

The Original centers on storytelling through a collage of personal narratives, texts by Antonin Artaud, and the positioning of identity. It grapples with the essential question: who am I? And why is that question so important?

Première: donderdag 23 oktober

Credits

performance & concept Sîpan Sezgin Tekin artistic guidance Farnoosh Farnia & Chris Keulemans final direction Mesut Arslan technique Mirko Lazović produced by Mezrab | House of Creation supported by Toneelschuur Producties

About Sîpan Sezgin Tekin

Sîpan Sezgin Tekin (Amed/Kurdistan 1996) is a multidisciplinary performer and theatre maker whose work explores political and historical narratives through the embodied use of language. Focusing on multilingualism, language physicality, and identity politics, he creates immersive performances that examine the role of mother tongue in shaping identity, performance, and the perception of borders and nationality.

Sîpan graduated from the DAS Theatre Master's programme in 2024. During the April edition of Beginnings by Frascati Producties, he created A , I , U or U , A , I or I , U , A or whatever. Previously, Sîpan appeared at Frascati during the Fringe Festival with The Absent Academy and TOWER. He is also an artist-in-residence at WP Zimmer in Brussels and at Toneelschuur Producties. His work was recently presented at the Beyond the Blackbox festival in both the Netherlands and Flanders.

The press about Sîpan Sezgin Tekin

“An immense sense of incapacity, wrapped in a Dadaist game, rises from the calm persistence with which Tekin keeps trying taking his time, much like chewing on liquorice.”
Theaterkrant on The Cud during the Beyond the Black Box festival

“Stories embody resistance and serve as testimonies of triumph. And as long as the fight for justice continues, Sezgin Tekin will keep spreading and passing on these stories.”
Theaterkrant on The Mountain