"The Second Woman" made a deep impression during the Holland Festival. This 24-hour performance, starring Georgina Verbaan, explores themes such as behavior, gender, labor and exhaustion. Verbaan played opposite a hundred different actors in a setting that was both theater and film. The piece, which took place in the Rabozaal of the International Theater Amsterdam, is a creation of the Australian duo Anna Breckon and Nat Randall, inspired by Christiane Jatahy and refers to John Cassavetes' "Opening Night". It explores the repetitiveness and emotional labor of acting, where interactions with co-stars range from the profound to the mundane, and reflects on the way film and theater influence behavior and gender roles.

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