Mayken

Residencies

  • 11.05 > 30.05.2026

The musi­cal the­a­ter pro­duc­ti­on Mayken takes its cue from the obscu­ri­ty sur­roun­ding Mayken Verhulst, the matri­arch of the Bruegels and one of the gre­a­test fema­le artists of the 16th cen­tu­ry. All of her own pain­tings and mini­a­tu­res have been lost. The pro­duc­ti­on port­rays the absen­ce of women in his­to­ry and all the emo­ti­ons that such a void entails. Veroline Vanderbeek and Abel Baeck port­ray Mayken as a hybrid figu­re awa­re of her dis­ap­pe­a­ran­ce from his­to­ry. From that van­ta­ge point, she speaks, sings, and shouts a con­tem­po­ra­ry con­fes­si­on set to elec­tro­nic music. The the­a­ter per­for­man­ce forms a dip­tych with the whi­te cube” pre­sen­ta­ti­on for muse­ums, the­re­by gran­ting Mayken a pla­ce in the muse­um five cen­tu­ries later. 

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 I met de steun van de Vlaamse Overheid en Stad Leuven I in samen­wer­king met Tristero, M Leuven, Kunstenwerkplaats Brussel, KVS, De Grote Post, Museum Dr Guislain en CC Brasschaat I met dank aan Radar Mechelen, Begga Festival

Première Blackbox 30 okto­ber 2026 CC Brasschaat
Première White Cube 19 novem­ber 2026 KMSKA
CC De Kern Wilrijk 3 December 2026

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