The Best Party Ever

  • Show duration: 1 hour
  • Number in company: 2
  • Type of work/venue/location: Small - audience capacity 30, interactive performance
  • Available to tour: From April 2008

“Hi. I’m Anita. I’m new in this country. Well, not that new any more. I came here exactly one year ago today. That deserves a party, but I didn’t really meet anyone, yet…”

The Best Party Ever is an intimate performance for a small audience featuring Anita, the alter-ego of Belgian actress Leentje Van de Cruys. The show is a funny and unusual take on what it’s like to be alone in a strange country. Anita is determined to meet some nice people at last, to fit in and have some fun, but she needs your help.

The Best Party Ever is the second piece to feature Leentje’s alter-ego Anita, who first appeared at greenroom during Emergency 2006 in Knitting To Worry About. The Best Party Ever was originally commissioned for Method Lab 07 by greenroom and hAb.
“very original - like nothing I’ve ever seen” (Audience Member, In Transit tour Autumn 2007)

Leentje Van de Cruys

I am a Belgian artist and theatre maker living in the UK. I studied at the Lemmensinstituut in Belgium (Leuven), where I got my diploma of ‘Master in Stage Arts’ in 2004. Since then, I have been making mainly solo work, both performances and installations.

I worked in several roles for Fabuleus (an organisation that provides young artists with time, space, advice etc), performing, writing and directing younger artists. I also toured with my theatre monologue, Rauwkost (based on the work of Dutch writer Marian Boyer), playing at several venues and festivals in Belgium, including Theater Aan Zee (Oostende) and Kulturama (Leuven).

Since coming to the UK in 2006, I have made a one-person show with songs, Knitting to Worry About, which is a short piece about knitting and worrying (I have done a lot of both recently). I showed this at Emergency at greenroom in Manchester, and now have a commission from them as part of Method Lab to make another piece. I am also developing a project with the Nuffield Theatre in Lancaster to work with 33 local pregnant women.

Diary Dates

Tue 3rd February

In Transit, Lancaster

Nuffield Theatre Lancaster

Wed 4th February

In Transit, Carlisle

Source Cafe

Thu 5th February

In Transit, Leeds

Leeds Met Studio

Tue 10th February

In Transit, Alsager

Alsager Arts Centre

Wed 18th February

In Transit, Liverpool

Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University

One comment on “The Best Party Ever”

  1. Tamsin Drury says:

    Endorsed by: Neil Mackenzie, Alsager Arts Centre n.k.mackenzie@mmu.ac.uk

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