Stage Director
Beautybomb
A snippet in the life of a radicalised influencer. (Frascati Productions, 2023) Beautybomb, a radical adaptation of ‘Bombsong’ by Thea Dorn, tells the story of a young influencer who grows up with Instagram as an extension of herself. Through her obsession with the...
Blackbird
15 years ago Una and Rochelle had a relationship. She was 41, he was 12. They haven't seen each other since. Now, 15 years later, he finds her again.(2022)This disturbing and moving adaptation of Blackbird, based on the play by David Harrower, poses the impossible...
Branden
A leap of thought that transcends good or evil(Toneelschuur Producties × Theater Oostpool, 2024)As a young girl Nawal got pregnant by refugee Wahab, but had to give up their child. After learning to read and write later in life, she went looking for her child, but got...
Damaris × Catoo
Damaris de Jong and Catoo Lustig collaborate on various projects concerning the world wide web. Of which Beautybomb was the beginning. At Stichting Likeminds they wrote the first version of a new play: CATFISH, about a dissociated woman who seeks online connections...
NSK
Re-imagining a classical music concert.(2024)Commissioned by the Dutch Student Chamber Choir, Catoo directed their 50th anniversary show. Together with conductor Lodewijk van der Ree, she worked with 30 talented singers. Under her direction, the show brought a new...
Momentum
A visual performance about the sensation of melancholia.(2022)In collaboration with a team of scenographers and technical producers, Catoo developed this short visual performance about a famous and elusive sensation: melancholia. In a misty space with a gigantic...