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No more fake orgasms, no moans like a little girl;

Gertruid Bolwater defends the Netherlands against natural disasters, while the rest loses itself in escapism. While the mass party, her real fight begins.

Three voices struggle in her, the Optimist (Trudy), De Wachter (Truus) and the warrior (bitch), who cannot be nipped. When she tells the harsh truth, she is called "hysterically" - a made -up disease devised by men to suppress women with a strong opinion. Women who resist, were not given the space to speak, but a vibrator as "treatment." But bitch sees through the lie. She embraces her "hysteria," but makes her strength. She doesn't get quiet, she ignites.

"Trut" is an ode to women who don't let their voice nip. It is a call to rebel against a system that you label as "disturbed" when you dare to challenge the norm. Hysteria is not a disease, but a lute cry for change.

Historical background

"Trut" is a powerful, tragicomic theater piece that investigates the oppression of the female voice in a society full of escapism and denial. Central is a fearless woman, inspired by the legendary Gertruid Bolwater, the heroine who defended Venlo against French invaders in the 15th century. Because of a jump in time, she does not warn us today for external enemies, but for our own weaknesses and collective denial, while natural disasters are lurking and society loses itself in escapism, similar to the ecstatic dance fever in Strasbourg.

Credits

Genre: Music Theater/Dramacomedy

Themes: hysteria, climate crisis, inequality, oat milk elite

Cast: Ayla Cekin Satijn, Ella Kamerbeek and Marloes IJpelaar

Text: Marloes IJpelaar

Video art: Daniela Petrovic

Final direction: Anouk Beugels (Nanouk Productions)