Performances of Frans Custers

I always try to be different, extreme in expressing, doing it like no nobody else would and I always include an additional challenge

says Frans Custers. His Turkish shoe shine man character for example, speaks just Turkish which is a big handicap. A conscious choice by Frans Custers.

It keeps me alert

he explains.

In the menu on the left you can choose the event for which you need a fitting character.

Der Jungfrau Gewidmet

Dance performance by Frans Custers, Arno Huibers and Eda.

Performance data; 18 to 20 March, 25 to 28 March 2020, Starting at 8 p.m.

Arno’s Theater, Kalverstraat 11, Eindhoven

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Père Noël, der Weihnachtsmann

Père Noël, der Weihnachtsmann

Der etwas zerstreute Geschenkemann Père Noël müht sich seit Jahren immer im Dezember mit den Weihnachtsgeschenken ab. Mal murmelt er über sein Alter, mal über die Geschenke, die schwer auf seinem Rücken wiegen

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Der Jungfrau Gewidmet, solo

In “Der Jungfrau Gewidmet” ist der reine und nackte Körper von grundlegender Bedeutung und hat Frans Custers versucht, nicht die Sexualität, sondern die Emotion und deren Anfälligkeit in den Blickpunkt zu rücken.

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The Fundament

The Fundament tells the story of a man who carries the scars of his past with him. His environment determines how he should behave and feel. By giving in to this, he is still more torn and deprived of reality. By going his own way, he is freed from every burden. He feels good, whatever his environment thinks of it.

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Votre Zjean

Zjean has been a lackey for ages, and he knows his profession like no other. He works on his audience with excessive slickness.

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Herr trut

Life has made him a marked man. Herr Trut’s personality is not a treat for eye if you only like distinguished respectability. With his imperial look, the old gentleman explores his surroundings.

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The little Clown

Leather trousers, white shirt, bow tie and hat. Suitcase in his hand.
With an enormity of intensity he moves very carefully, shyly, he sometimes puts a step forward and then back again. He goes his own way, and meets a lot.........

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Imprisonet Freedom

In imprisoned freedom, Frans Custers let go of the fight against the flow of life (loop der dingen) and find himself in a new freedom which is more oppressive than offering  possibilities of living. Just a coincidental liberation from the cage of restrictions, give way to the borderlessness of life.

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Miep

Miep is a farmer’s wife from the Limburg village of Siebengewald. There she lives with her husband Toon. Every now and then, to get some rest, they go off for one or several days, because all the work on the farm is no picnic.

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Boyacı Hüseyin

Huseyin has had years of practical experience as a shoeshine boy in Istanbul, and now he goes out into the world to follow his trade. However, there is one big problem: he only speaks Turkish.

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