Jurrien van Rheenen - WELFARE

Jurrien and her team researched homelessness policies in Sweden and their effects on people's lives. They spoke with different people, including experts with lived experience, social workers, lawyers, and aid organizations such as the Red Cross and Svenska Kyrkan.

In the performance, they guide the audience to different places and fragments of these experiences, based on the conversations they've had.  

Jurrien's work explores how theatre can be used to make the effects of policies visible and tangible for those who work with them, those with lived experience, and those responsible for shaping them. By bringing together different groups of people, she uses the stage as a space to address the impact of these policies and to open a dialogue about them.  

Showings

20th of May at 19:00 and on the 21st of May at 15:00 at Studio A, Teaterhögskolan Malmö
Estimated duration: 90 minutes
Tickets: free admission, book your tickets at Billetto
https://billetto.se/e/welfare-biljetter-1268669

With and by Jurrien van Rheenen, Ida Knapp Drougge, Henrik Svalander, Nana Morks, Linda Blom, Tirza Gevers, Helgard Haug, Tanja Hylling Diers, Shada-Helin Sulhav, Edit Kaldor, Marc Alberto, Mungo Park, Malmö Stadsteater, Yorke Mulder-Bhangoo and everyone we spoke to who wanted to share their experiences with us.  

This is a graduation work within the Masters Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy.