Mrs. Ogterop Productions The Eternal Hunting Fields - Based on the book by Nanne Tepper

"This life is foot by foot. And if you take me by the hand, I'll take you by the hand (I know, this sounds like a song); if we don't do this then we'll just falter a little more. No one's going to lose sleep over that except you and me."

We follow the lives of children Lisa, Anna and Victor growing up in a desolate rural village. The family atmosphere is defined by a heavy-drinking father and a mother trying to escape her family. Despite this, or because of it, the children feel firmly connected to the nest they come from. Little by little, we experience the nature of the bond between the two oldest children Victor and Lisa. The tender, intimate bond of destiny, the uninhibited attachment and, above all, the indefinable confusion caused by their feelings for each other.

In The Eternal Hunting Fields, we are drawn into the story of these children, who keep love in their sights despite all the misery. The debut novel by Nanne Tepper (1962-2012) was the literary sensation of the year and won the Anton Wachter Prize in 1996.

'They laugh, and they hug and kiss, and it's strange but beautifully beautiful.'

Credits
Concept: Lotte Dunselman | Stage adaptation: Sophie Kassies | Co-direction: Liliane Brakema | Play: Terri van Splunder, Marcel Osterop and Lotte Dunselman | Live music: Joost Dijkema | Costumes: Freja Roelofs

About Mrs. Ogterop Productions
Mevrouw Ogterop Producties was founded by Schouwburg Ogterop in Meppel with the aim of developing idiosyncratic theater on Drenthe soil. The productions are theatrical, with social relevance and of high quality. The artistic direction is in the hands of Lotte Dunselman.

The press about the novel 'De eeuwige jachtvelden'
'Nanne Tepper did not make it easy for himself with his debut, and that he nevertheless succeeded in writing a compelling novel, provided with vital, often very witty dialogues and shamelessly moving scenes, proves his no small talent as a storyteller and as a stylist.' - [de Volkskrant
'An equally excellent and highly intriguing debut. [...] Besides being a talented stylist, Nanne Tepper is an authentic storyteller.' - De Groene Amsterdammer
'The work of a true writer.' - NRC Handelsblad
'Along countless changes of perspective, letters, memories and repetitions, Tepper takes your breath away.' - 'Trouw