Why the child is cooking in the polenta

‘Why the child is cooking in the polenta’ is a touching story about a girl growing up in a circus family. She is trying to find her place in the scary world of the grown-ups: her mother who flies through the circus tent hanging from her hair night after night, the father a sad clown who shoots kitschy movies, an aunt who talks to the dead. Behind this colourful world lies a dark side where the child boils in the polenta. This solo performance is based on a strongly autobiographical novel by the Romanian writer Aglaja Veteranyi, for which she received several awards.

Writer
Aglaja Veteranyi

Aglaja Veteranyi’s life was as incredible as the stories she wrote. Monika Gina Veteranyi, daughter of a clown and an acrobat with ‘hair of steel’, already performed in the circus at the age of 3.

Theatergroep Mămăligă

The theater group Mămăligă is founded by the Polish director Dorothea Nikiporczyk and the Romanian actress Ioana Tudor and focuses on theatre related to Eastern Europe and Eastern European Culture in the most general sense of the word. Mămăligă wants to stretch boundaries, to prevent xenophobia and give feelings a mouth.

Fringe Review Award for 'Waarom het kind in de polenta kookt'

The Dutch play 'Waarom het kind in de polenta kookt' that could be see on September 7th, 8th and 9th at the Ostadetheater on the Amsterdam Fringe Festival has been rewarded with the 'Independent Fringe Review Teapot Award for outstanding theatre'!!! Read the 5 star review here.

Big thanx!

Our shows at the Ostadetheater during the Amsterdam Fringe Festival are over. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive reactions. We want to thank everyone who made it possible for us to put up this play, especially the Ostadetheater and the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. But who we also have to thank is the great audience (...)