08 Jul

20:30

Plein Theater

Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

A multidisciplinary performance where dance, music, and text explore queer and neurodivergent experiences through the lens of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales.

WorldPride month: F*CKING FAIRIES

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F*CKING FAIRIES

One thing you’re sure of: you’re different than the others. You think differently and you are treated differently. You try to go along but deep inside you know that won’t change anything. You are a sort of an Ugly Duckling. What is there to do about it? Are you going to change? Or are you going to escape this suffocating environment?

For centuries queer and neurodivergent people have been using fantasy to escape the reality that society does not hold space for them. We write stories and create worlds in which we can conquer our struggles. Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen did this as well. As a queer person on the autism spectrum, he created stories that deal with obsession, masking, queer longing and his struggles with neurodiversity. The queer community has embraced these stories, like the Little Mermaid, and for our performance we have let ourselves be inspired by them once more.

F*CKING FAIRIES will be a multidisciplinary performance where dance, music and text come together. Different stories from Hans Christian Andersen are bundled with personal experiences from the makers. Expect camp, recognition, and fairytales like you have never seen them before.

About the makers

Hawa Yakubu, Hugo de Graaf and Lou Mertens are all young makers. They met during the creation process of the performance ‘Gewoon Door’ at Jeugdtheater de Krakeling. As makers, they had many conversations about their shared experiences with neurodiversity and their queer (gender) identity, which now inspires them.

Concept, text and play: Hawa Yakubu, Hugo de Graaf and Lou Mertens | Dance: Hawa Yakubu and Hugo de Graaf | Direction: Lou Mertens | Dramaturgy: Fleur van der Schaaf | Music: Lis van Horssen | Technique: Edo Herstel | With thanks to: Plein Theater, Berith Danse, Stichting CREA, Jeugdtheater de Krakeling, Academy for Theater and Dance, Stichting Queertopia