The Veiled Monologues

THE VEILED MONOLOGUES RETURNS TO THE STAGE IN AMSTERDAM 10 YEARS AFTER PREMIERE

Women with a Muslim background living in the Netherlands are getting a lot of attention, whether they want it or not. But what do we actually know about them?

This was the question that Adelheid asked herself. So when are we going to immerse ourselves in their stories, their rituals, their beauty and their pain? You see another woman, wrapped in different clothes to ours, and you make a judgement. Adelheid wanted to add a more gentle perspective to that judgement, so she went around the Netherlands interviewing lots of women. All of them were born in a predominantly Muslim country, and all of them are now living in the Netherlands.

These interviews were adapted into twelve powerful and intimate monologues, each of which was spoken onstage by a woman from a Muslim culture. A Turkish saz player provided musical accompaniment.
The English, French and Dutch lyrics available through Office for sale. 

Veiled Monologues was performed for the first time on 11 December 2003 in De Brakke Grond theatre, Amsterdam. Since then the play has been performed in four languages, in Berlin, Ankara, New York, Yale, Boston and Avignon. There were also readings of the play in Cairo and Amman.

22, 23, 25 & 26 JAN 2013 I PODIUM MOZAÏEK I THE NETHERLANDS
23 &  26 JAN | TURKISH VERSION
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