Flip Noorman - Bonobo in Theater Bellevue

In the middle of this machinery of power, Flip Noorman searches for the overlooked sibling of humans and chimpanzees: the bonobo. The ‘make-love-not-war hippie ape’ where the females are in power and conflicts are resolved with sex.

In a new theatrical concert, Flip Noorman, assisted by the Noormannen en -vrouw, settles scores with the cultural myths of survival of the fittest and constructs a world where human nature is instead presented as empathetic and peaceful. Perhaps against his better judgment. Along the way, an ode to the late American-Dutch primatologist: Frans de Waal, of course Jane Goodall, and Flip's own mother, the matriarch of a family full of men who recently passed away after a chronic illness of 35 years.

A program fighting a losing battle, on the cutting edge of the zeitgeist, a series of songs that will only strengthen Noorman's place on the cultural monkey rock. Because yes, isn't that ultimately all he cares about?