There's a mountain rushing past

This is the monumental story of how our planet is in constant flux, told by a huge moving stage set featuring cardboard rivers, clouds and trees. In There's a mountain rushing past forests creep across the stage, mountains crumble to form beaches and the moon dances a waltz with the sea, while a four-part choir sings the sounds of crashing rocks and chirruping birds. Come and be transported by an immense landscape painting brought to life, which suggests a whole different timescale. From the birth of the moon, past the first algae coming ashore, to the extinction of mankind and even beyond....

Plankton is the collective of Sonja van Ojen and Hendrik Kegels. Their shared fascination with the magic of the commonplace forms the basis for performances on the borderline between object theatre, visual art and mime. Whereas fantasy writers create worlds populated by elves and trolls, Plankton mythologises plug sockets, pebbles and fire extinguishers. They create worlds in which the objects play the main role and people are no longer the focal point.

There's a mountain rushing past has been nominated for the BNG Theatre Award 2024. The jury said, “Plankton takes us on an epic journey through a living landscape, in which the earth itself plays the main role. Their work forces us to look at our surroundings from a different, almost cosmic perspective – a true breakthrough in the genre.”

Press quotes

'The 4.54 billion years of the history of the Earth are incorporated in wonderful, poignant theatre’. Volkskrant ****

'A sort of planetary opera, which revolves around the inconceivable insignificance of mankind in the face of powerful natural forces.’ NRC ****

‘Heart-warming and playful to watch.’ Theaterkrant