The Scream - Theater Utrecht

Name: The Scream - Theater Utrecht - Wonkapodia
Start: 2027-05-20T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-11-08T17:40:24+01:00
Location: Parktheater Eindhoven

Theater en toneel

No Dutch Required

Why is our pain still not taken seriously? Why does our pleasure count for less? And why does the male, white body remain the norm in healthcare? For centuries, the experiences of women and genderqueer people have been mystified in art, stories and medical science. The Scream asks what happens when we break through that gaze and reclaim our own experiences.

In this multidisciplinary show, Nastaran Razawi Khorasani, Melyn Chow, Francesca Lazzeri, Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura and Milou van Duijnhoven tell a story that is both historical and painfully topical, about bodies, power and expression. Cutting across generations and stages of life, they expose how pain and pleasure are suppressed, and what happens when the stifled scream trapped in the body finally breaks out.

After Battlefield of Dreams, about (the absence of) the desire to have children, director Floor Houwink ten Cate once again opens up an urgent and intimate medical-ethical question. With a text by Floor and Lotte Houwink ten Cate and Esther Duysker, (live) cinema, a groundbreaking choral piece by Annelinde Bruijs and a performance installation by Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck, The Scream becomes an explosive theatre experience and a powerful plea for self-determination when it comes to pain and pleasure.