A musical comedy about a very special blind date, written by Allard Blom and Sam Verhoeven.
Brief content
Bob and Jenny are almost desperate. All their dates are falling apart. The people on the other side of the table look nothing like the photos on their Instagram accounts or appear to lie everything to each other on Facebook. Both are looking for something real. But is that still possible? To go on dates without any prejudice in times of Facebook and Instagram? Besides, people often pretend to be so much better than they are on social media that they can only be incredibly disappointing during a date. Bob and Jenny take on that challenge! They register on blinddate.co.uk and from then on, everything is a question.
“Blind Date” is a musical comedy for everyone who was, is, or has yet to fall in love and pokes fun at the mishaps and mistakes of blind dates. An evening full of recognisable situations, embarrassing situations and bizarre circumstances.
This musical received unanimous praise after its premiere in 2022. After a successful tour, eight nominations for the Musical Awards (three of which were cashed in), lauded film director Johan Nijenhuis bought the film rights.
The sequel, namely “Blind Date 2”, will premiere in Amsterdam in 2025.
Awards
“Blind Date” won 3 Musical Awards in 2023, including that of “Best Script and Dialogues” and “Best Original Dutch Musical”.
The press on “Blind Date”
“Laughing heartily at the whooping discomfort of bobbing armpits, weird laughs and all sorts of prejudice” ****1/2
DE TELEGRAAF
“Hilarious, delightful performance” *****
SCÈNES
“The actors shine in understated gem about Marilyn Monroe.”
DE TELEGRAAF
“Hit of a comedy” *****
MUSICALWORLD
“Bartels, Heitzer and Franssen act and sing magnificently in tight direction.” ****
VANDAAG
Performances
2022 – World premiere at DeLaMar in Amsterdam and tour, The Theatre BV (NL)
Creatives
| Screenplay & lyrics: | Allard Blom |
| Music: | Sam Verhoeven |
| Arrangements: | French Heemskerk |
| Original direction: | Joep Onderdelinden |
| Original producer | Theater BV |
Cast – 2 women, 1 men
Bob
Jenny
Rose
Orchestra (3 musicians)
Keyboard
Bass guitar, double bass
Drums, percussion
Playing time
Act I – 55 minutes
Act II – 45 minutes
Translations
German translation available (Kai Hüsgen)
Additional material
Integral imaging (2022)
Rights
On request – minimum 11% of gross receipts for the original Dutch-language version
Additional fee per performance for use of the script, vocal score and arrangement.
More info
Request info via licensing@iskariot.be
Requests
Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
DE THEATRE BV – https://www.detheaterbv.nl/licensing.html
Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland
GALLISSAS THEATERVERLAG UND MEDIAAGENTUR gmbh – https://www.gallissas-verlag.de
Worldwide, except Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland
SCENIOUS – https://www.scenious.art
