Club Lam

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men become legends. Women are myths.

An Eco-Feminist music theater performance about power, myths and the danger of leadership

It is 2050. The Netherlands is largely flooded. Only Venlo remained dry and is named the new capital. The Dutch go south, including their matchbars, start-ups and podcasts. But here too the Maas swells. The water crawls. The threat is real.

If politics continues to meet and the people party as if the world is not burning, one woman intervenes: bitch. She saves the city with nothing but her courage and a handful of bras. Her deed is celebrated as heroic. She is crowned president. Tot redder van het nieuwe vaderland.

Maar hoe vier je een overwinning als je voelt dat dit pas het begin is van nog veel meer ellende?

In de zijkamer van een overwinningsfeest zit Trut met haar twee raadgevers: Athena, de godin van de strategie, en Aphrodite, de godin van het hart en het verlangen. Together they look back, they make plans, collide with truth and tactics. While the music drains down, bitch struggles: what does it mean to have power in a world that refuses to change?

In the tower room of Venlo we see two women Wier Lot we know the new cassandra:It is 2050. The Netherlands was flooded and Venlo managed to defend itself against the water thanks to fuss. But the victory attracts climate refugees: Dutchmen who try to colonize the sour meat and the pies with their coffee shops and taco tents. While the advisers try to steer the fate of Trut, it becomes clear what all women in history have in common: they are only remembered when their end is tragic. Murdered, robbed of their voice and drowned in oblivion. Because women who speak the truth are pushed back with one word: hysterical.

slowly becomes clear: her real enemy is not the water, but the collective desire to look away. The urge to soften everything, to forget, to celebrate - while the world is on breaking.

so guarded Ophelia the peace.
and bore cassandra the truth.
and so also moisted gertrug> for the people.A ritual for women who refuse to laugh away their intuition. A scream from within, in the language of struggle, poetry and pop music.

“The most brave you will ever do is live in the truth
and let your heart speak, even if nobody believes her."