After their hit show CONTROLE (winner of the 2023 Golden Cricket), breakdance crew 155 is back with JOHNNY.

Five stuntmen — with balls of steel (and possibly a few loose screws) — are waiting for their big break in an action movie. But between the backflips, wipeouts and bursts of laughter, some real questions hit: How many punches do you need to take to prove you’re not a pussy? How do you stay true to yourself when you're always stuck in someone else’s shadow? And honestly — what’s the point of a perfectly executed backflip if your ex just ghosted you?

Think: Jackie Chan meets Buster Keaton meets emotional damage.

Trigger warnings: smoking, graphic language, men in underwear, violence, sexual suggestiveness, loud music.

Age: made for (young) adults and suitable above 12 years old.

Accessibility

The show is made accessible for deaf and hearing-impaired persons through surtitles. Please inquire after available languages.

Language

JOHNNY was originally made in Dutch. Please inquire after available languages.

Photo: Mark David ©

Rotten knees, empty pockets, fuzzy friends, getting older, compelling algorithms. Do we try to take back control or do we let it slip away?

The onefivefive boys, a breakdance collective of friends who grew up together, have all reached their 30s and are faced with a decision: getting a grip on life or remain rolling stones?

While in their performance MOTORS they still had a motor outside there front door with which they could flee from annoying obligations, problems and the system, in CONTROLE they deal with the feeling of not being 'in control' on a moving floor. They answer the questions: who do you want to be and how do you want to be in the world? Continue dancing with rotten knees to escape algorithms and responsibilities?

The show CONTROLE offers an absolutely insane medley of breakdance, physical comedy, live music, film and bizarre humor.

Accessibility

The show is possibly accessible for deaf and hearing-impaired persons. Please inquire after available languages.

Language

CONTROL was originally made in Dutch. Please inquire after available languages.

Photo: Neeltje de Vries ©

The boys at 155 want to be together, do things together and be a group again. But they don't feel any control over the situation. It's like the floor keeps being pulled out from under them. As if someone else is controlling them with ropes and as if people would rather look at a screen than them.

What is the value of a real experience if you can't share it live? How close do you have to be to someone before it really feels different from a screen? The boys keep going anyway until it's broken. STUK is about the authenticity of the experience and the intensity with which you experience it.

STUK is a mix of breakdance, physical comedy, live music, video and bizarre humor as you've come to expect from 155.

Language

STUK was originally made in Dutch. Please inquire after available languages.

LIJF toured trough the Netherlands: Melkweg, Tivolivredenburg, PAARD, Motel Mozaik festival and Indonesia (Jakarta, Solo, Lampung) and Africa (Sierra Leone).

Sticky floors. Sweaty bodies. Way too loud music, allowing you to communicate only with body language. Why do we like being in a club at night? That's what LIJF’s about. Created as a co-production with DOX and Anne Fay, in which boundaries blur between club night, pop concert and dance performance.

So: breakdance, comedy and live music. But also posing, video art and catchy beats from the nineties.

Performers and audience intermingle. Dancers and musicians interchange roles. The setting: a festival atmosphere where drinking, cheering and crowd surfing are allowed. With their energetic show, 155 builds a party in no time, but one with substance.

Language

LIJF was originally made in Dutch. Please inquire after available languages.