An unusual and highly personal story about the childhood of the actor Bram van der Vlugt. When the Second World War was raging, Bram lived in The Hague. As a boy of ten, he saw the bombing of the Bezuidenhout on 3 March 1945. By random chance, he found a precise description of this impressive chapter in his life in a box - a text about the same events through the eyes of an unknown author. A story about hiding, fleeing and surviving, for which the setting of a hidden church such as the Singelkerk makes a splendid stage. The story provides the foundations for the musical piece De Drievingerige Luiaard (the Three-toed Sloth), which is subtitled “About a fatal mistake and small errors with major consequences”. The music that is based on this tale was written by Floris van der Vlugt, a composer and jazz saxophonist, and Bram’s son. Other performers included his daughter, the violinist Hester van der Vlugt, and double-bass player Lucas Doels, who is now pretty much a family member too.
For Van der Vlugt &Co., the actor Bram van der Vlugt uses music to tell his stories. The music has been written by his children, who are performing it live. Floris van der Vlugt is on the saxophone and Hester van der Vlugt plays the violin. They are accompanied by Lucas Dols on the double bass. Together, they play music that has been composed specially by Floris for the stories that Bram has selected. Van der Vlugt &Co. interweave theatre with poetry and jazz with classical music. This coming year, they are playing Met andere Ogen (Through other eyes), a personal story about art, chocolate and the Second World War.