Jurre goes in and out of clinics, but even though he is extremely motivated, nothing has a lasting effect. At a certain point he is near despair, because he had tried everything. He decides to cycle to southern Italy, to a place he has fond memories of. It is a tough journey, because he kicks the habit cold turkey while cycling. But he achieved his goal, has now been clean for a year and a half and is rebuilding his life. And Thomas also fought hard to get his life back on track. His own music helped him with this. Their story touches Ellen Blom, artistic director of Kanaries: “I think that in our society we pay a lot of attention to people who reach the top from the middle, but you almost never hear about people who get back to the middle from the bottom.” , while that step can actually have much more impact.”
The main characters from the musical performance Canaries are on stage with their spicy life stories
