Patsy Kroonenberg - She Is Still Here

Jellie Brouwer was a radio presenter at Kunststof and the mother of Patsy Kroonenberg. As a child, Patsy spoke to the radio, convinced her mother would answer back. Now Jellie is gone, and there is silence.

She Is Still Here explores that loss - coming home without the "yoohoo!", the gossip about famous Dutch people who can no longer go anywhere, the phone calls she can no longer make. But also the questions that keep arising: about children, about love, about staying cheerful while the world falls apart. Patsy searches for answers in the two thousand three hundred hours of interviews her mother left behind. In a room filled with white tiles of wisdom, she enters into conversation again - knowing that Jellie will always respond with a question of her own.

Patsy Kroonenberg (1998) is an actress and theatre maker. She has previously performed with Het NUT, Theater Oostpool, Sonnevanck, HNTJong and Orkater, and created productions including Totale Treurnis, De grootste hondenshow ter wereld in Nederland and Het slaapverwekkende bestaan van Evelien. In 2023 she won the Audience Prize at the Café Theater Festival with Julie Boellaard for Maiks Open Mic; in 2024 she received the Piket Art Prize for promising young makers. In addition to theatre, she creates podcasts and is working on her debut novel at Das Mag. She Is Still Here is produced as part of the New Makers Scheme at Via Rudolphi Productions.

Credits: text, performance and concept: Patsy Kroonenberg | voice: Jellie Brouwer | direction: Ellen Goemans | sound design: Tomas Loos | production image: Gert Wessels | photos: Bram Engelaar & Paul Faassen