Since the dawn of civilization, man has looked up at the stars and wondered: Are we alone? What purpose is there to our existence in this vast and unknowable universe? The search for meaning is at the heart of the human condition, and astronomer-poet Jesper Tjoa is no different. An alumnus of the University of Groningen's Kapteyn Institute (and of this very planetarium), he fell in love with the stars when first he saw them and took to poetry to express his wonder.
Join us tonight as he takes you on an incredible journey from the scorching lava plains of Venus to the depths of intergalactic space, reciting from his debut poetry cycle The Spheres: An Ode to the Solar System and complemented with exclusive new works. Lose yourself in an adventure of words and music as the planets wheel overhead, and experience the universe as you've never experienced it before.