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Somewhere Else

Ergens Anders
Micha Wertheim
Netherlands
2016
90 min
Festival history

The bigger the audiences for Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim’s shows became, the less he had to do to make them laugh. In one early show, he suggested that the audience would be better off without him. So in 2016, he acted upon this suggestion with an experiment that made theater history: he wasn't physically present onstage but somewhere else. The audience wasn't aware of this in advance, though they did get a hint in the form of a pre-recorded "live" radio interview from a remote studio. "I see my audience as my children," Wertheim says in this interview. "You have to educate them, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 15 years. At first you have to constantly be there watching them, but there comes a time when you have to trust them to get on with it without you." With some help from a robot, a printer, a stereo and a set of headphones, the members of his audience were able to make their own performance. Footage from four strategically placed security cameras reveals what happened next. IDFA presents the first ever screening of the registration of this unique theatrical event. This time, the artist Micha Wertheim will be present.

Credits
Director
Production
    Bunker Theatre Zaken
    Bunker Theatre Zaken
Executive producer
    Helga Voets
    Helga Voets
Animation
    Cristina Garcia Martin
    Cristina Garcia Martin
Sound Design
    Mat Wijn
    Mat Wijn
Key collaborator
    Gijsbert van der Wal
    Gijsbert van der Wal
Technical artist