Mayken
Residencies
- 11.05 > 30.05.2026
‘Mayken’ is a music theatre performance inspired by the forgotten story of Mayken Verhulst, matriarch of the Brueghel family and one of the greatest female artists of the 16th century. However, all of her own paintings and miniatures have been lost. The performance depicts the absence of women in history and the emotions such a void evokes. Veroline Vanderbeek and Abel Baeck portray Mayken as a hybrid figure, conscious of her own disappearance from history as she speaks, sings and shouts a contemporary confession accompanied by electronic music. The theatre performance forms a diptych with a white cube version for museums, bringing Mayken to her righteous place after more than five centuries.
your mother paints, sells, publishes, draws, sketches, creates
your mother is a professional
a businesswoman
an artisan, or rather, a craftsman
mayken
a man you become
a woman you are
if you simply remain being
nothing happens
concept, tekst en spel Veroline Vanderbeek | compositie, muziek en spel Abel Baeck | zangcoaching en geluidstechniek Athal Melchior Vervliet | dramaturgie Elisa Demarré | spelcoaching Kato Cornil | technische dramaturgie Gertjan Biasino | scenografie Eurudike De Beul | kostuum Lena Mariën | historisch advies Leen Huet | lichttechniek Jasper Vanhalle | outside eye Rudi Laermans productieleiding, zakelijke opvolging en spreiding Eline Dewaele | productie Bibiana vzw
met de steun van de Vlaamse Overheid en Stad Leuven
in samenwerking met Tristero, M Leuven, Kunstenwerkplaats Brussel, KVS, De Grote Post, Museum Dr. Guislain en CC Brasschaat
met dank aan RADAR Mechelen en Begga Festival
