FOR REAL

FOR REAL is a theatrical radio-show on what it means to matter. The starting point is the intellectual undermining of women: the sexism on the mind and the soul and lack of interest in what they think, say, make or try to achieve in life.

As an audience-member, you are a guest in our radio-studio. Over the speakers, you hear the voices of fourteen women. They analyse the intellectual undermining, starting from their personal and professional experiences with sexism on the mind and soul. How does this influence your sense of self, your trust, the building of relationships, and eventually: the course of life?

The audience completes the investigation, when the musicians start interviewing them on the topics at hand. These interactions are carried by a new technique of improvising, in which the musicians support risky and honest conversations as they unfold.

Each performance of FOR REAL will be recorded* and released as a podcast-episode. By doing this, we create a sounding collection of your voices on what it means to matter: to have dignity, to feel understood and to be taken seriously.

makes musical journalism by combining in-depth, social journalism with lots of original music. Previous projects are (Best of Human Interest Radio 2022, AIB, and Best Podcasts of 2022,), (Best of Classical Music 2020, NRC) and. Artistic director is an ISPA-fellow and recipient of the selective Dutch. From 2025 on, Resonate receives structural subsidy from the Dutch Fund for the Performing Arts. Resonate originated from in Amsterdam, the main house for debate in the Netherlands.

Artistic director, journalism, interviews, concept

Andrea Voets

Music, composition, voices & live-electronics

Andrea Voets (harp)

Sarah Jeffery (recorders)

George Dumitriu (violin, viola, guitar)

Live sound & -recording

Hayden Hook

Dramaturgy

Kimberly Major

Outside eye

Burkhard Körner

Interviewees

Members of the audience • Angela Saini • Aldith Hunkar • Kate Manne • Maaike Meijer • Avery Trufelman • Kymia Kermani • Bindu De Knock • Julia Wouters • Annelies Van Parys • Sara Mohammadi • Yun Tuan Ku • Gaea Schoeters • Celia Serrano • Androniki Menelaou

Language: English spoken & surtitled (English-Dutch)

Live interviews: English or Dutch

*Participation in the podcast-recording happens on a voluntary basis.

Feel free to take part in the live-interviews, or to simply watch and listen.

With the support of: Fonds Podiumkunsten, AFK, stichting Dioraphte, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, BNG-cultuurfonds, Splendor and De Balie.

Press on FOR REAL

• review by Gaea Schoeters

• interview with Andrea Voets in Parool

• report on rehearsals in Volkskrant

• interview in Nooit Meer Slapen (Radio1, NL)

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