Music theatre maker Karlijn Hamer shows the first sketches of her new work: Siriana, mijn vriendin (Siriana, My Friend). A musical installation annex performance about her friendship with Siriana who was her best friend in primary school. She was diagnosed with autism relatively late, at age 30. This shed new light on many aspects of her life. Based on the memories of their childhood and their ongoing friendship, Karlijn takes you on a journey into the inner world of someone who has autism. A space for and inhabited by Siriana. The  performance makes visible a perspective that is often invisible in our society. It puts how women live with autism sharper into focus.

Research question: Do you experience, or recognize, as an onlooker, what it is like to be on the autism spectrum?

About O. Lab
O. Lab offers the audience a peak into the theatre makers’ rehearsal rooms. Something that is normally reserved for the select few… Artists will share their research questions. As the visitor, you are invited to watch and express your valuable opinions about prototypes and works in progress. O. Lab in WORM is one big creative space and you will be sitting in the front row as the processes unfold!

“As an audience at O. Lab, you are close to the creative process of the artists. This way, as a visitor, you get a first look at a project that is still to be developed and you get into the head of the creators.” – Guy Coolen, artistic director O.