Achter Gesloten Deuren - Cat Smits Company

How does violence creep into your life so gradually, until it is constantly present? And how do you escape from it? Behind Closed Doors is a compelling mosaic story about the (mostly) invisible world of dominance and oppression, exploitation, psychological and physical violence that takes place off-screen. But also about the strength of those who suffer from it and the resilience that keeps them going.

The performance brings real stories – transformed into fiction – to life with a unique narrative form: puppetry. Actors Urmie Plein, Alexander Brouwer and Cat Smits provide a powerful insight into this complex world, because you experience and feel all perspectives: the partner, the child, the social worker, the police, the neighbors, the bystanders and the politicians. No one deliberately starts a violent relationship; the boundary of what is acceptable shifts every day. Until fear and pain have become the new normal.