Jam Karet - the time is rubber

On the last night of her admission to a psychiatric clinic, Varo becomes entangled in her amnesia and fear of the outside world. Her only holds are snippets from the past: a song her father used to sing and the memory of an endless garden. As the last hours of her stay tick away, Varo dives deeper and deeper into her memory and moments that might have been better forgotten surface.

'Jam Karet - Time is rubber' is an honest portrait of a distressed resilient generation. An interdisciplinary performance about the search for individuality in a world where everything is pigeonholed. Who do you become when you can reinvent yourself?

In her work, Melissa Knollenburg exposes how a young generation of bi-cultural Dutch people relate to their past. Her characters are you looking for connection and ways to ground themselves in a divided society. Dance - in addition to language - plays a major role in her work. In Jam Karet, dancer Romee van de Meent and actress Kyra Bououargane together build a world full of dark humor and imagination within which Varo can be equally free.