Illusionist

Sometimes love is not a feeling, but a trick. Everything seems real: the applause, the glamour, the words, the hands that seem to hold you tight. But as soon as the light changes angle, the person disappears into the mist, leaving behind only a trail of unspoken words. An illusion, subtle and beautiful, like a card trick, where the viewer doesn't even realise when they were deceived.

The world spins, questions swarm in your head, but there are still no answers. Your heart is still searching, your mind is already tired, and all that remains is to stare into the emptiness of the stage where someone was standing just a moment ago. The magic has dissolved, the applause has died down, and the aftertaste is one of fog and electricity. Love, it turns out, can be an excellent illusionist.

Creative: Nicky Luiten

Production company: Het Buro

Director: Bibi Manancour - Het Buro

Producer: Cecile Nitsison, Shanya Valies

Production Manager: Sam Holman

Designer: Pim Pimentel

First AD: Raul Karadag

Focus Puller: Krin Vinties

Master: Gees Beeks

Best Boy: Romme Faassen

Art Director: Cheriva Volny

Art Assistant: Jana Engelbrecht

Sound Engineer: Ralph de Krieger

Make-up: Luna Luiten

PA: Melle Visser, Jordi Jochems

Editors: Stan Vraind

Visual effects: Sam Leven

Rating: Milton Broen

Backing vocalist, producer, composer Lyricist: Jirzi Taihuttu

Producer, recording engineer: Tariq Peining

Producer: Jasper Zuiderwaard

Recording engineer, mixing engineer: David van Dijk

Mastering engineer: Ivo Statinski

Vocalist: Night Watch