Micha Wertheim: Somewhere Else

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Micha Wertheim

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Jellie Brouwer

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Maarten van Erp

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Marlijn Kok

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Hemza Lasri

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Merijn Scholten

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Floor de Vos

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Marten Minkema

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Decorator	Andy Puharich
Writing	Writer	Micha Wertheim
Editing	Supervising Editor	Gijsbert van der Wal
	Editor	Andy Puharich
Crew	Technical Supervisor	Andy Puharich Bram den Haan
Sound	Sound	Mat Wijn
	Audio Post Coordinator	Bart van Oort
	Recording Supervision	Marten Minkema
Directing	Director	Gijsbert van der Wal
Camera	Camera Operator	Sabijn Peeters
Production	Producer	Helga Voets Geert Vriend
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