Theatre - Spring Festival

SEXODUS

Emel Koc — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:52 +0000

An actress on the brink of forty battles the absurd pressure to forever look twenty-four. In this physical one-woman show, Naomi Velissariou transforms into a storm of female archetypes: a raw revenge fantasy against a system that thrives on female insecurity. What lies beyond the mask of perfection?

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Everything Must Go

Emel Koc — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:27:33 +0000

Late night, in a bar somewhere, six people desperately try to hold on to their humanity but the voices you hear are not their own. Using lip sync and AI vocals, Forced Entertainment deep dives into the relationship between human presence and desire, and the phantom presences and desires produced by the capitalist machine.

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No Man’s Land – الأرض الحرام

Emel Koc — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:08:45 +0000

If the present is broken, can we reimagine the future? In his first work for the stage, alaa minawi continues the search he started with The Liminal. Traveling through Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine, he explores the “no man’s land”: a space between worlds where the imagination can breathe again.

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ZZZ OFFSPRING

Emel Koc — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:02:13 +0000

OFFSPRING is the festival’s platform where four makers courageously share their works in progress and reflect on them together with the audience. This year’s participating artists are Shaquille George, Jana Jacuka, Tim van Loon and Emma van den Elshout & Just van Bommel.

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ZZZ SHRINE

Emel Koc — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:51:46 +0000

A compelling performance about grief, rage, and radical resistance. After her mother is brutally murdered by ‘the system,’ the battle-worn Daughter seeks refuge with the Jinns—non-human beings from a parallel world. In their SHRINE, her anger and sorrow are given the space to exist. It is a place of remembrance, prayer, sacrifice, and celebration. El Kharraz Alami takes us into a world where past, present, and future converge.

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Three Times Left is Right

Emel Koc — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:53:40 +0000

Trigger warning: Three Times Left is Right is a radical, provocative, funny, and ambiguous performance about polarization. An unconventional family portrait that functions as a magnifying glass for our society. Can we share a home with those whose beliefs are completely opposed to our own?

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Wasted Land

Emel Koc — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:55:07 +0000

In the opening performance of SPRING 2025, Ntando Cele returns, following the success of SPAfrica with Julian Hetzel, with a bold and unconventional performance, full of music, energy and irony. She explores the pitfalls of sustainability and the greenwashing of the Global North. What does a future look like where people of colour aren’t continuously excluded from the human narrative? What if we fully embrace societal transformation and confront injustice head-on? Performers from different parts of the Global South give voice to this urgent issue.

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HOT WALK

Emel Koc — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:21:01 +0000

An interdisciplinary performance exploring climate change, aging, and parenthood. What if global warming is Earth’s own menopause? How do power, responsibility, and care shift between humankind and Mother Earth? Can you take a walk in the park—on stage—with a friend? A reflection on the transformations shaping both our inner and outer climates.

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RUNNER

Emel Koc — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:56:48 +0000

RUNNER takes place simultaneously in the theatre and on the streets of Utrecht. It explores the exhaustion of the body, both physically and socio-politically. Why do we value people when they push themselves to the limit? The audience is invited to accompany Ira Brand as she runs outside, searching for a place, knowledge, or perhaps herself.

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SPRING @Culturele Zondag

Emel Koc — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:11:40 +0000

I HAVE LIVED EVERYWHERE BUT HERE: nomadic intervention

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