The Shell Trial

Making a major, politically-charged topic accessible: this is what De zaak Shell does.

★★★★★ De Volkskrant

De zaak Shell is documentary theatre of the highest level – Scènes

★★★★★ NRC

De zaak Shell is an important piece that everyone should see, if only to have or keep a bit of hope. – Theaterkrant

These past three years, Anoek Nuyens and Rebekka de Wit worked on De zaak Shell (The Shell Trial). The piece is a response to a climate court case that shows how the different key parties in the climate crisis (Shell, the government, citizens, future generations, consumers) take an entrenched position and constantly point at each other as the responsible culprit. In the piece, the central question is: who is responsible for what in the climate crisis?

If you are interested in more information about the piece or an English version, please contact us: anoeknuyens@gmail.com // rebekkadewit@denwetijd.be


About the artists

Anoek Nuyens and Rebekka de Wit make social-engaged, documentary theatre. The conversation they initiate extends over diverse social domains and platforms: from politics to science, from fact to fiction, from theatre to newspaper and internet. At Frascati Productions they developed the theatre project ‘Unless you have a better plan’ (2017) in which they searched for a way to imagine a world where human beings are no longer the measurement of things. The performance resulted in ‘The Court of Justice’ (2018) where they investigated the possibilities of filing a lawsuit to protect our environment. Here the foundation for the collaboration with Friends of the Earth Netherlands was laid.


Press

Making a major, politically-charged topic accessible: this is what De zaak Shell does.

 

★★★★★ De Volkskrant

 

De zaak Shell is documentary theatre of the highest level – Scènes

 

★★★★★ NRC

 

De zaak Shell is an important piece that everyone should see, if only to have or keep a bit of hope. – Theaterkrant

 

Brilliant theatre – The Correspondent


Planning

From September 2021 till October 2021 we will be touring in The Netherlands. Check the agenda for tourdates. During the Dutch Theatre Festival in September there will be an English livestream. The Flemish tour will start in september 2022.