Theater van Deyssel Festival - Acts uit Nieuw-West

Annemarie Libbers - Easier to go back than forward, the war of art

In Easier Back Than Forward , Annemarie meets her great examples from the art of a century ago. Women such as musician/conductor Frieda Belinfante, filmmaker/writer/dancer Maya Deren and dancer Isadora Duncan. You would expect that a lot has changed after 100 years, but unfortunately the struggles they faced are quite comparable to the unequal struggles of today. A performance with music, song, film and theater.

Ayşe Nur Salli - Soft Turning Body

Somewhere between being soft, coming home and surrendering completely. Spinning like the Dervishes, moving like life and floating like the leaves carried by the wind.

Sarah Ben Messaoud - Word Art

In her performance, Sarah presents spoken word art about topics that move her in daily life.

Nikki Szofia - It's Good Today

Nikki Szofia takes you into being a woman. In how we women have paved our paths through history and no longer want to be erased and hidden away. In how we want to use our voices to be heard. And in how we heal together from the objectification of our bodies and being hidden away. Through language and song we will reclaim our voices.

Sanne van Dijk -Flood

Vloed is an intimate performance with storytelling and puppetry. Drawing from a source of personal stories, Sanne van Dijk creates a tragicomic performance about being stuck and finding the courage to break out. Through themes such as boundaries and desire, and (budding) sexuality, she asks herself: where does this fear of coloring outside the lines come from? And who actually determines those lines?

Zoe Ntonta - N/A

What happens when a young (sort of) woman gets on stage and makes jokes about her ancestors? Sacrilege! Or as her Greek grandmother would say: 'Now you sound like an old feta!' This is not going to be what you expect, nor is it terribly funny – but hey, at least it's stand-up comedy!