Femke Arnouts - The Waking of Wanda

On Saturday, 14 November at 20:00, Theater De Verbeelding presents "The Waking of Wanda" - the directorial debut of Femke Arnouts, starring Carly Wijs and Nanette Edens.

Wanda discovers one day that she has become invisible. When she reluctantly visits her GP with the feeling that no one notices her anymore, she is dryly told that this is quite plausible given her age and that she might as well not resist it. But Wanda does resist. The production asks whether it is a liberation when you no longer have to meet external expectations, or whether life feels empty when you are no longer anyone in relation to another.

"The Waking of Wanda" is not a production about motherhood or menopause, but an absurdist, visual and affectionate story about the ageing woman who refuses to accept her invisibility.

Concept, direction and text: Femke Arnouts • Performance: Carly Wijs and Nanette Edens • Set design & lighting design: Marjolijn Brouwer • Stylist: Sjo Schütt • Technical: Cesco van der Zwaag • Set design coach: Carly Everaert • Artistic coach: Paul van der Laan

Femke Arnouts is a theatre maker, actor and writer, affiliated with Via Rudolphi Producties through the Nieuwe Makersregeling. In 2021, she won the writing stipendium of Het Nationale Theater with her play "Everything You Were Looking Forward To Is Cancelled", selected from over 200 submissions. In 2024, she created the production "That Hole", which received five stars in the Volkskrant.