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Bosfest 2026 presents

YOU SHOULD GET RAPED

Lotte Laurens & Just van Bommel

Een vrouw in een donker bos. De vrouw staat in het midden van de foto en is verlicht. Ze draagt een witte top met een zilveren broek en heeft een knuppel vast die ze boven haar hoofd houdt.
From whom do we accept that they are perpetrators? Who is doomed to victimhood, and what happens when we turn that old narrative upside down? A monologue about sexual violence and street harassment, in which a woman refuses her victimhood and claims the role of perpetrator for herself.

 

On claiming your spot as predator and walking home safely.

On an otherwise ordinary evening, a woman is on her way home. On the train, a man sits down opposite her. He easily takes up space and demands that she engage with him. At first he is flirtatious and charming, then increasingly threatening. She tries to ignore him, aware that rejecting him outright may only make things worse. Frustrated, he eventually tells her she deserves to be raped. The evening takes a different turn when the young woman decides to follow him on his way home. No longer willing to be a victim, she refuses to be afraid of walking home alone at night.

Inspired by Amia Srinivasan’s The Right to Sex and Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory, Lotte Laurens and Just van Bommel present a new perspective on sexual violence and street harassment, pushing the boundaries of our morality. Which means are justified in changing your position in society? And what is so shocking about a woman seeking out violence, when the reality—where women are daily harassed, threatened, and assaulted—no longer surprises us at all?

Trigger warning: this performance deals with themes including sexual violence, rape and street harassment.
Twee personen in een witte top fel belicht. De achtergrond is donker en je ziet takken van een boom.

Credits

  • Lotte Laurens - Text, concept & performance |
  • Just van Bommel - Text, concept & direction |
  • Josefina Gilardi - Sound design |
  • Lieke van der Vegt - Lighting design |
  • Norah Bouwheer - Production |
  • Selm Wenselaers - Dramaturgy |
  • Kiriko Mechanicus - Poster image |
  • Hannes Schievink - Poster design

Ticket costs

  • Tickets
    € 10,00

Extra information

Bosfest Festival Heart Admission Ticket
This performance is part of Bosfest 2026. To attend the show, you also need a valid admission ticket for the Bosfest Festival Heart. Buy your admission ticket here.

Performance times
The listed performance times include the walk to the performance location and back to the festival heart.

Language
This performance is in English.

Trigger warning
This performance deals with themes including sexual violence, rape and street harassment.

Schedule overview
View the Bosfest 2026 schedule here.

Wheelchair access
Bosfest performances take place in the forest. We do our best to provide wheelchair-accessible spots, but the natural surroundings can sometimes present challenges. If you require a wheelchair space, please email us at publiek@bostheater.nl with the date and time you would like to attend Bosfest.

Details performance

  • het logo van bosfest
    Bosfest
  • icoon van een hond
    Dogs on leash allowed
  • icoon van een persoon in een rolstoel
    Wheelchair Accessible