Ruination - met tolk NGT

do 6 aug 2026

Lost Dog

Een man en vrouw staan dicht op elkaar en kijken de ander aan. Ze zijn samen aan het dansen.
Camilla Greenwell
Twee mannen in rode belichting waarvan de persoon links de ander aanwijst.
Camilla Greenwell
Theatre company Lost Dog tackles the age-old myth of Medea with a dose of light-heartedness and humour. Dancers effortlessly jump from spoken text to movement. Live music, from pop to opera, sweeps you from one moment to another. The result is ‘Ruination’ a performance of tension and comfort, that makes you laugh right before falling still. You leave the room with the feeling that a story you might have heard before suddenly looks a little different.

Location

Theater aan de Parade/Casinozaal

Duration

100 min.

Entrance fee

€ 25

Price Friend

€ 22,50

Genre

Dans, Muziektheater, Theater

Date

do 6 aug 2026 om 20:00 uur

Language

Nederlands boventiteld

Toegankelijkheid

suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing

do 6 aug 2026
20:00

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Those who have seen a performance by Lost Dog before know what to expect. A story everyone thinks they know, lifted from dusty books to be told as a story that happened yesterday. In ‘Ruination’, the full focus is on Medea.

Medea stands trial for the murder of her children. In the myth, the case is already closed: she is the villain. Choreographer Ben Duke puts her on trial in the Underworld, with Jason as prosecutor and Hades and Persephone as lawyers. In ‘Ruination’ the case runs for a second time. One where offender and victim are not as obvious as the myth told us for centuries. Who is the victim? Who gets a fair trial?

The performance will have its Dutch premier on Boulevard at Thursday the 6th of August.

Good to know

  • The performance is in English with Dutch subtitles.
  • This performance contains references to, descriptions of and scenes with (domestic) abuse and death. Some scenes contain nudity.

About the artist

Lead by choreographer Ben Duke, the British theatre company Lost Dog creates performances in which famous stories fall under new ownership. Their versions of ‘Juliet and Romeo’, ‘Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)’ and ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ toured Europe and have been showed at Boulevard before. ‘Ruination’ is a coproduction with the Royal Ballet (UK), played for sold-out venues in London and won the National Dance Award for the best modern choreography in 2022.

“The full cast of performers is superb, peeling in and out of character’s skins, between voice, movement and singing. Dance is used to complete meanings, to explode emotions, to carry the narrative forward with heartbreaking empathy.”

Gramilano

Credits

Cast Miguel Altunaga, Jean Daniel Broussé, Maya Carroll, Liam Francis, Aishwarya Raut, Hannah Shepherd
Musicians Sheree DuBois, Keith Pun, Yshani Perinpanayagam

Creative team
Devised by Ben Duke and the Company
Director Ben Duke
Designer Soutra Gilmour
Music Director Yshani Perinpanayagam
Lighting Designer Jackie Shemesh
Video Designer Hayley Egan
Sound Designer Jethro Cooke
Assistant Choreographer Winifred Burnett-Smith
Original Assistant Director Andreea Paduraru
Dramaturg Raquel Meseguer Zafe

Production & producing team
Production Manager Jenny Wheeler
Stage Manager Amy Steadman
Deputy Stage Manager Hannah Gillett
Production LX Zoe Beeny
Executive Producer Daisy Drury
Producer Emma Evelyn
Tour Booking (Europe) Gabrielle Veyssiere

Photo Camilla Greenwell
Coproducer The Royal Ballet

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