Big Pharma Het Nationale Theater / Eric de Vroedt

The power behind the medicine

A small group of pharmaceutical companies has a major influence on our healthcare and therefore our daily lives. Their medicines save lives, but also generate enormous profits for the entrepreneurs and shareholders. How unfair is that system? Conspiracy theorists see big pharma as part of a larger problem: our world is ruled by powerful, invisible forces. What happens when representatives from these worlds meet each other?

A world full of conspiracies

Director Eric de Vroedt creates a performance about distrust and power with Big Pharma: “If you delve into the world of conspiracy theories, you end up in a dark hall of mirrors where nothing is what it seems. The facts of conspiracy theorists are usually incorrect, but their instincts sometimes are – even if they are often paranoid. Conspiracy theorists expose how we, more often than we want to admit, are insufficiently critical of the systems around us.”