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The performance in brief
Why do populist leaders have so much appeal? In Give Me Your Fear Now, Bas Erlings shows how fear is deployed as one of the most powerful political tools of our time.
Fear as brandstof
"Now give me your fear." That's the gist. Populists are not asking for your vote, but for your feelings. Unrest, anger and insecurity are deployed and magnified. Leaders like Trump, Wilders and Orbán play on our deepest motivations. Bas shows how political narratives are constructed, how contradictions grow and why this is so effective. Not because people are stupid, but because we are human.
Getting a grip
Where does the Netherlands stand in a world ...
The performance in brief
Why do populist leaders have so much appeal? In Give Me Your Fear Now, Bas Erlings shows how fear is deployed as one of the most powerful political tools of our time.
Fear as brandstof
"Now give me your fear." That's the gist. Populists are not asking for your vote, but for your feelings. Unrest, anger and insecurity are deployed and magnified. Leaders like Trump, Wilders and Orbán play on our deepest motivations. Bas shows how political narratives are constructed, how contradictions grow and why this is so effective. Not because people are stupid, but because we are human.
Getting a grip
Where does the Netherlands stand in a world where this is happening more and more often? Step by step the mechanism becomes visible. At the end of the performance, something else remains: not fear, but grip. A sharp and accessible theatre lecture that helps to better understand what is happening around us.
When
- Friday 5 February 2027 8:15 PM – 11:59 PM order tickets