04 Apr

21:00

Plein Theater

Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

A fascinating performance where Soya the Cow & Piano Prince explore the diversity of sexuality and love in the animal kingdom through stories, songs, and a mix of post-dramatic opera and drag show.

QPFA 2026: Queere Tiere

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"Queere Tiere is a wonderful, poetic evening, full of humor and surprises. An evening that is light-hearted but at the same time profound. It invites reflection, laughter and wonder." - SRF Kultur, Fabienne Naegeli

Queere Tiere

With Queere Tiere (Queer Animals), Daniel Hellmann, Coco Schwarz and their artistic alteregos Soya the Cow & Piano Prince invite us to dive into a fascinating world where hermaphroditic snails, homosexual hyenas and transgender chimpanzees coexist. Between stories and songs, between post-dramatic opera and drag show, they create a multi-faceted stage space around the diversity of sexuality, love and lifestyles in the animal kingdom. Starting from their personal point of view as queer human animals, they tell stories about real queer animals and animals from myths and fairy tales.

Queere Tiere presents an image of nature freed from the constraints of heteronormative interpretation and transmission, making visible and celebrating life in all its richness and variety.

Soya the Cow (winner of swiss performing awards 2025)

Soya the Cow’s character stands at the intersection of animal rights, climate activism and feminism, and combines music and theatre. As a vegan drag cow, she blurs the boundaries between genders and species and manages to walk a fine line between a serious desire to change the world and a light-hearted sense of humour. After performing in theatres and art festivals at animal rights and climate protests, Soya the Cow has toured internationally and was recently invited to the Swiss Theatre Days with her art walk Try Walking in My Hooves.

Piano Prince

Piano Prince aka Coco Schwarz (they/them) is a gender-bending piano artist who creates musical spheres that touch on identity, vulnerability, connection and sensuality. When the Prince and their piano merge into one, they open up a world full of all our forgotten dreams and desires. Piano Prince offers an open, gender-neutral and non-judgmental alternative to our exclusionary society and welcomes everyone to join their vibrant cosmos.

Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam

From Wednesday April 1st to Monday April 6th, the Plein Theater and Cat Smits Company present the fifth anniversary of the Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam!

Since 2022, Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam has offered a stage to queer perspectives through groundbreaking forms of visual theater, object theater and puppetry. This quirky festival defies the norm with a motley and bold program full of exuberant, visual outburst from the Netherlands and abroad.