How does “primordial” sound? In Sticks, you’ll discover with the four virtuoso percussionists of Percossa how to converse without saying a word. How to make music without musical instruments, and how to open your ears to sounds you’ve never heard before, like the rhythm of fire, music-making animals, and exciting sounds from nature. A percussion concert full of humor, featuring four “prim and proper” men who may not be as civilized as they appear.

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OORKAAN enriches as many small and big ears as possible with the infinite world of music. Music is for and from everyone. Music can be understood without saying a word. It touches, grates, inspires, or irritates, but above all, it never leaves you indifferent. Music creates space for imagination and wonder. And when music is experienced collectively in a live performance, it connects. OORKAAN (since 2001) is a leading, internationally operating national institution with its own OORKAAN Ensemble (since 2021) and collaborates with guest ensembles and orchestras. OORKAAN productions play worldwide on (concert) stages and festivals such as the Royal Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Wien, BAM New York, A.S.K. Shanghai, RomaEuropa Festival, and also for schools throughout the Netherlands.

The percussionists of PERCOSSA – voted Best Percussion Group 2017 – ingeniously extract music from almost anything and play all possible rhythms to convey the most hilarious, touching, and spectacular theatrical discoveries. It’s no wonder that Percossa has become a worldwide sensation over the past decade. OORKAAN previously collaborated with Percossa on the successful production, the international hit “The Kist Brothers.”

Theaterkrant Review: “Delightful children’s concert of high theatrical quality”