The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival: Aryeh Hasfari & Fernando Rodil - Münster

Live music, satire and a lightning-fast way of storytelling

Inspired by the true story of the Anabaptists who seized power in Münster in 1534, the performance follows Jan Bockelson, a failed tailor, pub owner and performer who finds a new stage in religious radicalism. While the city is under siege, Jan introduces increasingly opportunistic interpretations of what God might want: obedience, punishment, polygamy, orgies with nuns and beautiful clothes for himself.

With live music, satire and a lightning-fast way of storytelling by the entire ensemble, Münster connects the Reformation with today's influencer culture: a world in which authority is crumbling and truth becomes a matter of interpretation. A new technology – the printing press – makes it possible to spread any form of nonsense as the word of God.

Biographies

Aryeh Hasfari is an Israeli interdisciplinary artist, musician, filmmaker, satirist and performer. In his work, he explores politics, identity, disillusionment and generational trauma. As co-founder, singer and guitarist of the electro-rock duo WC, he is a prominent voice within the Israeli protest music scene. His solo performance My Phantom Limb, created for the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival, combines political autobiography, music, video and personal history to explore his disillusionment with Zionism, his sense of belonging and the emotional price of an ideological break.

Fernando Rodil is an Argentine theatre maker, screenwriter, director, performer and storyteller with roots in the Buenos Aires theatre scene. He has lived in Amsterdam since 2020. He has written for international platforms including HBO, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. His solo performance Fer Is On A Deadline uses comedy, storytelling and songwriting to face illness, grief, time and mortality with sharp humour and emotional honesty.