{"id":137041,"date":"2026-09-03T13:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=137041"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:58:51","slug":"lets-flow-10-is-een-luidruchtige-ode-aan-het-menstruerende-lijf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/lets-flow-10-is-een-luidruchtige-ode-aan-het-menstruerende-lijf\/","title":{"rendered":"LET\u2019S FLOW (10+) IS A LOUD ODE TO THE MENSTRUATING BODY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On Saturday 17 October 2026, <em>Let\u2019s Flow<\/em> (10+) by Maas theatre and dance premieres at the Maaspodium in Rotterdam. This musical, physical and moving production by award-winning creator Sue-Ann Bel explores what happens in your body when you bleed and menstruate, and what happens when that can no longer remain a secret. Following the premiere, the production will go on tour throughout the Netherlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do you live in a world that teaches you to keep quiet about what you feel? What do you do when it all becomes too much inside and you feel you have to move, have to sing, have to let it flow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five performers sing, dance and let loose, each with a different body and perspective. Together, they explore what it means to bleed, to blossom and to change \u2013 including for those who do not bleed but wish to understand, or are simply curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With songs for every fleeting emotion, until even the quietest toilet cubicle is filled with sound. Is that a massive choir coming from that toilet bowl, just when you thought you were alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Let\u2019s Flow<\/em>&nbsp;is an ode to life, our cycle and everything that keeps coming back. For everyone who is currently on their period, is about to start, or has ever been born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With her latest performance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maastd.nl\/nl\/agenda\/lets-go-barbie\/\"><em><u>Let's go Barbie<\/u><\/em><\/a>, the creator, Sue-Ann Bel, won the BNG Bank Theatre Prize, a Silver Cricket, and has been nominated for a Golden Cricket. *De Volkskrant* awarded it five stars and described it as a <em>\u201cA breathtaking experience for all ages\u201d.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SPACE TO FLOW<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sue-Ann Bel on the performance: <em>\u201cI realised that, as a woman, I\u2019ve become very good at not showing what\u2019s really going on inside me. Not letting on too much that I\u2019m in pain, that I\u2019m more emotional, that I\u2019m bleeding, or that my body needs something.\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What happens if, on stage, we do exactly the opposite? If we allow tension to become overwhelming, let emotions run wild, and neither look away nor try to hide them?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dWith Let\u2019s Flow, I want to explore precisely that area. So that we no longer have to hold back everything that has long been flowing within us. But so that all the confusion, shame, pain, curiosity and also celebration that may go with it are allowed to find their place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CREDITS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concept, creator: Sue-Ann Bel<br \/>Performers: Gianni Noten, Tiffany Vicario, Henke Tuinstra, Ayrton Fraenk, Sue-Ann Bel<br \/>Music: Shanice Shaynah Redan<br \/>Executive producer: Dionne Verwey<br \/>Costumes: Esm\u00e9e Thomassen<br \/>Set design: Morgana Machado Marques<br \/>Dramaturgy: Moniek Merkx<br \/>Technology: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maastd.nl\/nl\/over-ons\/team\/teamleden\/peter-swikker\/\"><u>Peter Swikker<\/u><\/a> and Florian Oele<br \/>Produced by: Charmaine Charlemagne<br \/>Education: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maastd.nl\/nl\/over-ons\/team\/teamleden\/esther-schouten\/\"><u>Esther Schouten<\/u><\/a> and Pamela Schaap<br \/>Marketing: Bora Sirin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MESH THEATRE AND DANCE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES<\/strong><br \/>Maas Theatre and Dance is the largest theatre and dance company for children, young people and young adults in the Netherlands, combining the creation of physical theatre with education and its own venue in Rotterdam, the Maaspodium. Maas works towards a fairer world, so that every child has the space for play, fantasy and imagination. With an artist\u2019s mindset, they use theatre and dance to encourage young audiences to stay true to their hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLAYLIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCTOBER 2026<br \/>Fri 16 Oct 19:30 \u2013 Maaspodium, Rotterdam (try-out)<br \/>Sat 17 Oct 15:00 \u2013 Maaspodium, Rotterdam (premiere)<br \/>Sun 25 Oct 14:00 \u2013 Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht<br \/>Wed 28 Oct 19:00 \u2013 Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOVEMBER 2026<br \/>Tue 3 Nov 20:00 \u2013 Bijlmer Parktheater, Amsterdam<br \/>Fri 6 Nov 19:30 \u2013 Theater de Krakeling, Amsterdam<br \/>Sun 8 Nov 15:00 \u2013 Kunstlinie, Almere<br \/>Sun 22 Nov 14:00 \u2013 Theater aan het Spui, The Hague<br \/>Sun 29 Nov 15:00 \u2013 Maaspodium, Rotterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DECEMBER 2026<br \/>Fri 4 Dec 19:00 \u2013 Odeon Theatre, Zwolle<br \/>Sun 6 Dec 15:00 \u2013 De Flint, Amersfoort<br \/>Fri 18 Dec 19:30 \u2013 TAQA Theater de Vest, Alkmaar<br \/>Sat 19 Dec 19:30 \u2013 Schuur, Haarlem<br \/>Thu 24 Dec 15:00 \u2013 Maaspodium, Rotterdam<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op zaterdag 17 oktober 2026 gaat Let\u2019s Flow (10+) van Maas theater en dans in premi\u00e8re in het Maaspodium in Rotterdam. Dezemuzikale, fysieke en ontroerende voorstelling van bekroond maker Sue-Ann Bel gaat over wat er in je lijf gebeurt als je bloedt en vloeit, en wat er gebeurt als dat niet langer een geheim kan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":711,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11917,8843,4759],"tags":[13473,75],"class_list":["post-137041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-persberichten","category-podiumkunst","category-theater-podiumkunst-2","tag-maas-theater-en-dans","tag-rotterdam"],"featured_image_url":[],"post_author":"Danielle Maas Theater en Dans","assigned_categories":"PERSBERICHTEN, PODIUMKUNST, THEATER","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100578,"url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/zwaaien-blijven-en-weer-terugkomen-nieuwe-jeugdvoorstelling-zeg-maar-dag-is-een-poetische-muzikale-ode-aan-afscheid\/","url_meta":{"origin":137041,"position":0},"title":"WAVE, STAY AND COME BACK AGAIN: NEW YOUTH PERFORMANCE SAY HELLO IS A POETIC, MUSICAL ODE TO GOODBYE","author":"een van onze leden","date":"1 February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"On Sunday 19 April 2026, Zeg maar dag (4+) by Maas theatre and dance will premiere at the Maaspodium in Rotterdam. 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