17 May

12:30

Theater Bellevue

Leidsekade 90, Amsterdam

Jongens is a passionate immersion into the work of the controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. An equally excessive and intimate monologue about the craving for love and sexuality.

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Jongens

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About the show

Recently graduated actor Thor Braun dives with full dedication into the work of Pasolini. From his own experiences as a gay man, he enters into a dialogue with Pasolini's poems, novels, and films, which are steeped in passionate desires: young, naked, and muscular men bathing in the Italian afternoon heat, or roaming through grassy fields under the chirping of cicadas. Through letters, scenes, and a lot of paint, Thor investigates how Pasolini's love frenzy relates to himself and to this time. What void was Pasolini trying to fill? And how do you relate to an artist whose work raises critical questions in the year 2025?

"A beautiful, shameless ode to the love of men." ★★★★ de Volkskrant

Reviews

"Braun is undeniably a talent to cherish." ★★★★ NRC

“Surprisingly strong debut” Scènes

“The young actor promises you fifty delightful minutes, of which you would preferably want to be a part.” Theaterkrant – critic's choice

More about the makers

Thor Braun started acting in films and on television at a young age, including the role of crowd favorite Chris in the successful television series Oogappels. He graduated from the ArtEZ Theatre School in 2025. Jongens is his coming-out as a theater maker, in which he expresses his love for painting and shamelessly emotional theater. In the Theater Yearbook 24-25 of the Theaterkrant, he is named the most promising newcomer three times.

Credits

text, performance, and scenography Thor Braun
final direction Char Li Chung
lighting design Wiel Coopmans
technician Eline Versteeg
a production by Theater Oostpool
with thanks to ArtEZ Toneelschool, Het Nationale Theater, Stichting Janivo, Mara van Vlijmen, Joppe Klein