Harlekino

Katrien van Beurden performs the one-woman show Harlekino: a true story you don’t have to believe. It is a tale of survival, survivors, masks, and memories. Balancing between reality and imagination, she creates a cinematic storm of stories; raw, comic, and bursting with energy. Featuring music by Remy van Kesteren.

For years, Katrien van Beurden raced across the globe with a suitcase full of commedia masks. Until, suddenly, she was forced to lie still. A new mother with cancer in her breast, she listens to the monotonous beep of the MRI and wonders: how exactly do you lie still? From that standstill, a journey unfolds through the ultimate survivors she has met—the Harlequins. Like Kaatje, the eight-year-old girl who, singing at the top of her lungs, stuffs her deceased brother’s coffin with toys. In a house drowning in grief and anger, she discovers early on that play and imagination are her most faithful allies.

Accessibility info

The access route from the bicycle parking is an 85-meter grass/forest path.