Michiel Devijver

injuries & remedies

Name: injuries & remedies — Simon Baetens
Start: 2027-03-06T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Zaal 3

Simon Baetens

Sat 6 Mar 20:30

Theatre

Sat 6 Mar 2027

20:30

Sat 6 Mar 2027

20:30

Zaal 3, Den Haag

De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-A

From Sun 17 May 2026 12:00

Two figures question each other about the many kinds of pain and uncertainty one can experience. Are we witness to an artistic aftertalk? An interview? A therapy session?

In injuries & remedies, performers and theatre makers Simon Baetens and Micha Goldberg attempt to advise, confront, mirror and console one another. What unfolds is a continuously transforming conversation, driven by one persistent impulse: the urge to keep questioning the other, fuelled by the belief that our inner emotional landscape reveals something about who we “really” are.

The performance injuries & remedies moves between biography and fiction, between biting humour and sincere expressions. What do we truly want to know about each other? Simon and Micha guide you through their internal dialogues, which are given a voice and a body through the presence of the other. With dark humour, carefully crafted self-criticism and confessions that may or may not be true, they create a world where recognisable situations and elusive dream-like images gradually bleed into one another.

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Performed in English, with Dutch surtitles.

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About Simon Baetens

Simon Baetens studied Drama at KASK School of Arts and works as theatre maker, performer and dramaturg. In 2024 his performance I’m Not Done premiered. He performs in German Staatstheater (2024) by Rosie Sommers & Micha Goldberg, and has created solo works for Ne Mosquito Pas and Anal Pompidou. Previously he performed in Mount Average (2020) by Julian Hetzel and IN KOOR! (2017) by Willem de Wolf and Myriam Van Imschoot. As a dramaturg he has collaborated with, among others, Thomas Verstraeten, Lisa Vereertbrugghen, and Federico Vladimir & Pablo Lilienfeld. He was a member of the drag collective House of Lux and has worked as a drag performer with Peaches, Send in the Clowns, and many others. He was co-editor-in-chief of Etcetera and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp.

Credits

concept & text Simon Baetens | performance Simon Baetens & Micha Goldberg | performance coaching Nathan Ooms | dramaturgical advice Bauke Lievens | set & costume design Lieselot Siddiki | lighting design & technical direction Marthe Leon Thys | production De Studio | co-production Perpodium, VIERNULVIER & KWP | with the support of the Flemish Government & the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter measure