My Brother's Keeper

Name: My Brother's Keeper — Sahand & Raphael
Start: 2026-11-03T20:15:00+01:00
Location: Theater aan het Spui

Sahand & Raphael

Tue 3 Nov 20:15

Theatre

Tue 3 Nov 2026

20:15

Tue 3 Nov 2026

20:15

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Tickets

Storytellers and close friends Sahand Sahebdivani and Raphael Rodan join forces once again for their new music theatre production My Brother's Keeper. The theatre makers and storytellers previously collaborated on their successful productions Kingdom of Fire and Clay, My Father Held a Gun (winner of the Amsterdam Fringe Gold Award 2017) and Sons of Abraham.

Sahand and Raphael never shy away from difficult questions in their work, in fact, they place them front and centre. They explore themes of cultural and religious clashes and conflict through family stories and oral traditions.

In their brand-new work My Brother's Keeper, all these themes come together through the primal story about the origin of human violence: the story of Cain and Abel. In a time of growing polarisation and international hostility, Sahand and Raphael return to the core question: why would a brother turn against his own flesh and blood?

Through a combination of storytelling and music theatre, the performers tell and retell the classic biblical story, moving through history, and recognise Cain and Abel in themselves and in each other.

As perspectives shift, the roles keep reversing. Can the story itself be reversed too? Can two strangers find the brother in each other again?

Good to know

This performance is in English.

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Pizza in Theater aan het Spui

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Pizza tasting in Theater aan het Spui

Enjoy a delicious variety of different Roman pizzas slices (al taglio) and a fresh salad from local restaurant Pazze e Pizze before the show!

Credits

performers & script Raphael Rodan & Sahand Sahebdivani | flute/woodwinds Grigor Kartashyan | vocals/harmonium Mary Aygetsy | percussion Sjahin During | direction & set Titus Tiel Groenestege | lighting design Micha Meijer | technical crew Samuel Hopkins | producer Zarah Ruwhof | marketing Nina den Hollander | with thanks to Renske Ebbers, Kimia Hadian, Dúlio Duarte, Ramses van den Hurk, Fabian Huijts, Thomas Nicoll & Mees de Graaf | this performance would not have been possible without the support of Fonds21, Fonds Podiumkunsten, het Cultuurfonds, BNG Cultuurfonds, Norma Fonds, St. Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting