New Neighbors

With Jan Kooijman, Edwin Jonker, Shanna Sleep and Nyncke Beekhuyzen.

After a difficult period, Eva and Peter move into their newly completed villa in a new housing estate without much enthusiasm. During a neighborhood get-together they get to know their new neighbors: the free-spirited couple Steef and Rebecca. Both couples seem to have the perfect life and a happy marriage, but appearances are deceptive. There are intrigues, love affairs and tensions between the characters run high. Secrets are revealed and the characters' lives become increasingly intertwined. Until they discover that there is no turning back....

The story explores themes of love, jealousy, friendship, adultery and the complexity of relationships. Scriptwriter Bart van den Donker (De Profundis, Siegfried & Roy, What my husband doesn't know, Evening Show with Lubach) about New Neighbors: "New Neighbors plays with the tension of everyday situations, recognizable fantasies and offers a glimpse into both the fulfilment of fears and desires that rear their heads when we allow ourselves to be guided by our everyday imagination. This is not only sexy and exciting, but also terrifying. Especially in the theater, where we can almost touch the actors, smell their sweat and feel their shiver, this story comes into its own."

Nieuwe Buren is one of Saskia Noort's most popular books in the Netherlands. It was received jubilantly by readers and after its publication in 2006 spent no less than 8 weeks at number 1 in the bestseller top-60 and retained a spot on that list for 83 weeks. Nieuwe Buren was successfully adapted into a long-running television series for RTL and Videoland. And now - finally - a stage version will follow.