Sonja | Angela Schijf i.c.w. Toneelgroep Maastricht

Angela Schijf plays Sonja Barend, the queen of the Dutch talk show, in the play: Sonja. Annet Bremen is penning a new play based on Sonja Barend's memoirs: the bestseller Je ziet mij nooit terug. Directed by Servé Hermans, the popular talk show host confronts the ghosts in her life: the questions without answers.

Live on television. The Red Hat full of audience. The opening tune sounds. Sonja has started. Tonight she fearlessly crosses swords with the critic who has been denigrating her in the newspaper for years. At the talk show table, she always dares to ask anything, including this guest who needs to be put in his place.

But at home at the kitchen table, Sonja does not get to ask her mother the essential questions. Speaking about her Jewish father's horrific fate during the war seems impossible.

After the feature musicals Diary of a Shepherd's Dog and It was Sunday in the South, Servé Hermans returns to the big theaters. Sonja is the fourth collaboration between Angela Schijf and Hermans. A plea for asking questions. An ode to conversation. Relentless, fearless, Sonja Barend!