After her much-acclaimed performance Try not to know what you know, Merel delves deeper into the relationship between care, violence, exhaustion and resilience in Coerced & Freely Given. Joined by performers Milou van Duijnhoven and Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura, she brings another blistering performance with her signature energy. The trio questions the existing capitalist, patriarchal system and explores a world of intense physical effort versus gentle connection. How can nurture and interconnectedness form an active rebellion against the dominant norms in our society? As raunchy hits turn into tender embraces, the performers transform the stage into an evocative landscape of potentiality.

This performance is in English.

The Coproducers are twelve Dutch theaters that joint forces as co-producers to help an new generation of theatermakers take the next step in their careers. 

The Coproducers are Theater Bellevue (Amsterdam), Frascati (Amsterdam), Schuur (Haarlem), Corrosia (Almere), Theater Kikker & Podium Hoge Woerd (Utrecht), De Lieve Vrouw (Amersfoort), De Verkadefabriek (Den Bosch), Theater Ins Blau (Leiden), De Nieuwe Vorst (Tilburg), and the flat floor venues of Het Nationale Theater (The Hague), Theater Rotterdam (Rotterdam), and the Zwolse Theaters (Zwolle).