Theatre Laundering

Name: Theatre Laundering — Virgule
Start: 2026-01-18T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-18T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Theater aan het Spui

Virgule

Sat 14 Mar 20:15

Theatre

Sat 14 Mar 2026

20:15

Sat 14 Mar 2026

20:15

Première

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Tickets

Sat 17 Jan 2026

20:15 - 21:45

Try-out

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Sun 18 Jan 2026

15:00 - 16:30

Try-out

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event

Iran is back on our screens.
The images are already chosen.
The stories are already framed.
The emotions are already acceptable.

Before we react, we want to pause.

We are making a theater performance that doesn’t add another image, another opinion, or another ready-made emotion. Instead, it looks at what happens to “truth” before it reaches us — how stories are shaped, selected, and made consumable.

Theater Laundering is not about explaining Iran.It’s about questioning the mechanisms that decide which pain travels, and which stays invisible.

For our upcoming try-out, we invite you to come together, we ask for your presence and support because this work needs time, care, and independence.

Not to be louder — but to be precise.
Not to comfort — but to stay honest.

By joining in with Theater Laundering, you help create a space where theater does not react fast, but thinks slowly. If this pause matters to you, stand with us.

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Over de makers

Theater Laundering is een voorstelling van Virgule FPAC, het nieuwe gezelschap van Arvand Dashtaray en Marene van Holk.

Na jaren van theatermaken onder censuur in Iran—waar zijn producties volle zalen in beweging brachten—staat regisseur Dashtaray nu op Nederlandse bodem. Geen revolutionair meer, maar een ambachtelijke maker. Met een messcherpe blik op vorm, macht en verwachting, plaatst hij het publiek in een theatrale machine die vragen stelt vóórdat het antwoorden biedt.

About Virgule Film and Performing Arts Company

Virgule means ‘a small pause’, a brief moment of culture between the motions of everyday life.

Our company is all about experience, adventure, and the joy of creating something new. We stand for art that impacts. For everyone. Our works are targeted acts of cultural activism.

We believe art has to be disruptive, meaningful and impactful. Art should offer a fresh perspective on important issues of our time.

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