Khadija El Kharraz Alami
SHRINE
Dates
fri 13 mar 2026 - 20:00
sat 14 mar 2026 - 20:00
location
Theaterstudio
price
€ 10 → 25
duration
1h 40' Extra info
World premiere
language
Spoken language: Dutch and English, with Surtitling Dutch/English
SHRINE: immersive feminist theatre on grief, justice and resistance.
For her immersive theatre performance SHRINE, the Dutch-Moroccan DE SINGEL in-house artist Khadija El Kharraz Alami draws inspiration both from the work of feminist activist Silvia Federici, and from Alceste in Molière's Le Misanthrope. Here, Alceste is the daughter of a mother, a woman who was brutally murdered by the systems in power. Alceste has been fighting in vain for years for a fair trial, but her frustration and sadness radicalise her. The injustice that has taken root in her body transforms into fury, empowering her to create chaos and disrupt the economy. She becomes an inspiration for women all over the world. They find solace in their sanctuary, their ‘shrine’, where they remember, pray, sing, make offerings, and celebrate.
El Kharraz Alami once again demonstrates how she can translate essayistic work into action, how she finds forms that render the role of the marginalised woman in our societies tangible. In SHRINE, using critical fabulation, she speculates on a possible future in the here and now. By embodying Alceste as a woman and focusing on her perspective, she asks which erased roles of women in society we can resurrect. And which buried cries will be heard.
Content warning: this performance contains detailed descriptions of (modern) witch hunts
El Kharraz Alami once again demonstrates how she can translate essayistic work into action, how she finds forms that render the role of the marginalised woman in our societies tangible. In SHRINE, using critical fabulation, she speculates on a possible future in the here and now. By embodying Alceste as a woman and focusing on her perspective, she asks which erased roles of women in society we can resurrect. And which buried cries will be heard.
Content warning: this performance contains detailed descriptions of (modern) witch hunts
Credits
concept, text, direction
performance
performer during research and creation
dramaturgy
movement coach, outside eye
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