The fool

About the show:

The Fool is a theatrical storytelling performance that weaves personal memories with literature and music in a raw, intimate way. Inspired by Franz Kafka’s A Report to an Academy, the show explores what it means to adapt, to transform, and to survive in a changing world. At its core lies a tension between freedom and conformity, instinct and intellect, art and survival. With a minimal stage and a shifting presence that moves between theatre, storytelling, and song, the performance invites the audience into a space of vulnerability, irony, and play. The Fool is not a confession, nor a lecture, but a journey of becoming—an exploration of how identity is shaped and reshaped through time, culture, and personal choices. It speaks to anyone who has ever felt the pull between where they come from and where they long to go.

Bio:

Natalino is an Italian-born storyteller, actor, theatre director, and musician, with a background in engineering and a home in the Netherlands. His artistic journey started with songwriting, then grew louder and wilder in the post-punk rock scene of the 1980s, echoes of which still pulse through the stories he tells today. When he moved to the Netherlands in 1991 to work at the European Space Agency, he never let go of the arts. He performed with theatre groups in English and French, and in 1995 founded his own Italian theatre company, Sipario. Today, at Loom Storytelling Collective, he weaves together music, theatre, and his technical side, always searching for moments of curiosity, play, and connection.

Credits:

Authors: Natalino Bucci, producer: Joost Delissen, Dramaturgy: Katja Hemminga,  promotion: Ana Bender (a Loom Storytelling Collective production). Based on the text by Franz Kafka