De Verleiders

You pay. You make contributions, you invest, you sign up. You trust that everything will work out in the end. But how ‘certain’ is ‘certain’ really when your retirement is finally on the horizon?

In ‘Zoek Dekking!’, De Verleiders delve into the world behind our pensions and insurance policies: a universe of promises, small print, commissions and ‘risk profiles’ that almost nobody really looks through… until things go wrong. And right now, as the Netherlands transitions to a new pension system, the world is in turmoil and a new financial crisis looms, that question is becoming more urgent than ever: who bears the risk, and who benefits? Because one thing is certain: an obscene amount of money is being made from our pensions.

In a way that only De Verleiders can, ‘Zoek Dekking!’ promises an evening full of satire, pace and revelations. With razor-sharp dialogue, shocking facts and scenes that are both hilarious and painfully recognisable, they lay bare a system that affects us all. Because this isn’t about ‘the sector’. This is about your future. And that of your children and parents. It’s about what we built together and how quickly you can start to feel that, in the end, you’re on your own – including De Verleiders themselves. This time featuring George van Houts, Tom de Ket, Victor Löw, Peter Blok and Dick van den Toorn.

De Verleiders have been a unique phenomenon for years: theatre with the immediacy of cabaret, exploring themes of power and money, accessible to a wide audience.

Come and have a laugh. Come and get it. Come and take cover. And go home with one question that lingers: Isn’t our sense of security nothing more than an illusion?