Flip Noorman - Moordballades

From behind the fogged-up windows of weathered harbour pub 'Het Bloedvergiet', music sounds, always live music. Musicians and other types of foam from all corners of the world descend on this plaza and let their instruments do the talking. Every day, a new hodgepodge ensemble sounds. Every soul is welcome, anything can be played.... At least, there is one rule; in every song, someone has to die. Preferably premeditated....  

Flip Noorman leads a session together with his occasional formation 'De Moordmannen' in which, besides regular companion Vera van der Bie, (violin/vocals), members of the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra: Mehmet Polat (ud) and Alper Kekeç (percussion) join in.  

Together, they perform a gruesomely hilarious set of self-written murder ballads interspersed with a traditional folk song with the same theme here and there.  

Expect a performance full of insane sing-alongs, pub fights, characters who take the law into their own hands, sleepwalkers and a 100-year-old pushing a pillow on his demented wife's head. A raucous evening of violent death bursting with joie de vivre.  

Music by Flip Noorman & occasional formation 'De Moordmannen', consisting of regular companion Vera van der Bie, (violin/vocals) and members of the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra: Mehmet Polat (ud) and Alper Kekeç (percussion).

Co-production: O-Festival, Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra, Amsterdam Kleinkunst Festival and Werkplaats Walhalla.