"As always, Verhoeven manages to attract the attention of his spectators with a seemingly simple and effective image. The beauty of all his work is that he brings big, complicated themes back to its essence. On the one hand, it is confrontational, but it also shows compassion for its subject."

Vincent Kouters in de VolkskrantRead the review (in Dutch)

"Welcome to the global economy." - "The beauty of the singing robot ballet lingers in my mind. [...] The scenes keep beckoning like sirens."

For Theaterkrant Fransien van der Putt visited the work during SPRING and the exhibition in West Den Haag.Read the review (in Dutch)

"You can stay as long as you want, and with that Verhoeven immediately confronts you with a dilemma: when do you stop looking, when you are face to face with these people, who have to complete eight hours a day?"

Sander Janssens in NRCRead the review (in Dutch)

"As is often the case with a repetitive work of art, the duration forces the viewer towards a certain surrender, and a sharpened perception. The loop that holds the Bulgarians captive contains an intriguing composition: repeatedly the roar of the machines swells as the singers sing silently. Actually, there is a dreamy beauty in the installation."

Marijn van der Jagt in De Groene AmsterdammerRead the article (in Dutch)

"One by one, the performers share personal thoughts and anecdotes. Through their stories, I get to know the nuances of life on production floors."

Manuela Zammit visited the exhibition in West Den Haag for Metropolis MRead the article (in English)

"These days we stumble over our good intentions, they deprive us of looking at our own ambivalent actions. I don't really believe in setting an example anyway. I prefer to put my head on the chopping block; artwork succeeded, artist dies."

Alex de Vries visited the exhibition in West Den Haag for online contemporary art magazine Mister MotleyRead the article (in Dutch)

"I want to share the discomfort I experience in everyday life. Moments when I don't know what to do or what to make of something. I want to put that on a stage or in a museum."

Dries Verhoeven was a guest at Kunststof Radio. At the premiere live from Stadsschouwburg Utrecht in an interview with Gijs Groenteman.Listen to the podcast (in Dutch)