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SEXODUS

Naomi Velissariou | Theater Utrecht | URLAND | Nicole Beutler Projects
Thu 8 Oct 20:00
Thu 8 Oct 2026
20:00
  • Thu 8 Oct 2026
    20:00
    Patatje met
    Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag
    Hall 1
    Tickets

In SEXODUS we see an actress on the threshold of her fortieth year. She knows that if she wants to remain part of the Western world, she must keep looking twenty-four until she is sixty. So she tries to adapt. Again. And again.

Her body bears the traces of centuries of aesthetic oppression. What begins as compliance gradually turns into resistance. In a rousing revenge fantasy, she seizes the weapons of the art world, the entertainment industry, and social media for herself. With the help of fashion, live video, and music, she wages a final battle against a system of global scale that thrives on female insecurity — hoping that, once the rage has burned itself out, she might catch a glimpse of what lies beyond it.

SEXODUS offers an honest insight into the female mind and reveals how a woman’s body is shaped, used, and reclaimed.

“How I get through the next 90 minutes defines who I’m going to be for the rest of my life.”

SEXODUS is a physical rollercoaster in which Naomi Velissariou transforms into a storm of female archetypes, under the meticulous direction of Nicole Beutler. The relentless language of Bregje Hofstede and Naomi Velissariou is carried by the cunning sound design and striking visual language of performance collective URLAND, which plays with references from pop culture, history, and art. All of this is visually underscored by the daring costume design of artist Ülkühan Akgül. The result is a “one-woman show” that is as multifaceted as womanhood itself.

Good to know

  • The show is spoken in English and has Dutch ánd English surtitles
  • During the show there will be stroboscobic effects and smoke. There will also be scenes with explicit nudity
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AS LONG AS I LIVE, I WILL BE AGING.

In de media 

★★★★★ "Naomi Velissariou is een waanzinnige theaterfurie. Dat laat ze opnieuw zien in ‘Sexodus’, waarin ze zich op de terreur van schoonheidsidealen stort." - Volkskrant 

★★★★ ''SEXODUS van theatermaker Naomi Velissariou doet je verlangen naar een wereld waarin sekse geen betekenis meer heeft'' - NRC

"Naomi Velissariou speelt een schitterend manifest om als vrouw ouder te mogen worden, zonder verlies van waarde en waardigheid." - Theaterkrant, keuze van de criticus

''Velissarious humor en snelle, scherpe tekstbehandeling maken dat je zo haar universum wordt ingezogen''  - Het Parool 

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Credits

Concept, text, performance Naomi Velissariou | Direction Nicole Beutler | Sound design, composition Jimi Zoet | Set, lighting, video Marijn Alexander de Jong | Text, dramaturgy Bregje Hofstede | Costume design Ülkühan Akgül | SEXODUS is a production by Theater Utrecht in co-production with Urland, Nicole Beutler Projects and O Festival

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