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Beautiful Distress was founded on the concept that there is a great deal of mental suffering, that not enough people are aware of this and that not enough is done to stop it.

The Foundation uses art in an attempt to open up the world of psychiatry and battle the stigma attached to it.

Why art? Beautiful Distress believes that art is pre-eminently capable of articulating and depicting the human condition

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The Sheeptown Project - Alexandra Broeder

Maarten Van Overeem

The Sheeptown Project
Alexandra Broeder 
Sat July 10 to Tue 13, 2021

In her work, theater maker Alexandra Broeder connects the domains of art and psychiatry with each other. In The Sheeptown Project, the audience is sucked into a parallel universe where the doors open onto another reality. In the Beautiful Distress House on the NDSM Wharf, this summer a temple will rise where the audience attends a ceremony led by children. The service is held to honor the mysterious Sheepchild.

The Sheepchild is a symbol for all the children and young people who Broeder has recently been able to meet in the Dutch mental health services (GGZ). The same behavior that in our society causes these children to fall through the cracks in the system is approached in The Sheeptown Project as a spiritual power that via a ritual ceremony gives us access to our own vulnerability.

This program by Alexandra Broeder is in collaboration with Beautiful Distress and is part of the Over het IJ Festival.

Premieres on Saturday July 10 at Beautiful Distress House.
Tickets available here.

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