Mystiek Lichaam

Name: Mystiek Lichaam - Wonkapodia
Start: 2026-11-10T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-10T21:45:00+01:00
Location: Theater Speelhuis

Theater en toneel

Forty years after the publication of Frans Kellendonk’s controversial novel, director Koen Verheijden brings the story back to the stage. In his distinctive, layered language, Kellendonk captured a year in the life of the broken Gijselhart family. A family that becomes a penetrating mirror of polarised Dutch society at the end of the twentieth century. And forty years on, that picture is still surprisingly recognisable.

About people who love each other, but cannot stand each other.

The Gijselhart family want nothing more than to belong together, but the harder they try, the further they drift apart. Because as we watch this family going off the rails, one question inevitably presses in: do we really think we are doing any better as a society than in Kellendonk’s day?

Verheijden opts for a grotesque, at times raw and comic style of acting in which humour and discomfort sit side by side. Not to pass judgement, but to make visible how people can lose each other. Precisely when they are trying to hold on to one another.

This show will have surtitles in both Dutch and English.

45 minutes before the start, Annette Embrechts, dance and theatre journalist for de Volkskrant, will give an introductory talk. You can reserve a free seat for this during the booking process.