SEXODUS
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Thu 8 Oct 202620:00Theater aan het Spui, Den HaagHall 1
Tier 1 Regular € 22,50 Youths up to and including the age of 30 € 12,50
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.
AS LONG AS I LIVE, I WILL BE AGING. MY ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO DIE.
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