No! No! No!
Veronika Abdul-Visocka (Latvia)Any protest is essentially a theatrical act. When a protester raises a placard, he is doing the same thing that a puppet theater actor did in the Middle Ages, performing in the market square and speaking through a stick puppet.
“No! No! No!” is a conversation about how puppets help us in the fight for freedom. It is an attempt at protest in which, in solidarity with the courageous and loud puppets (who have known how to say “no” for centuries), the actress seeks ways to speak/sound united, to find a common rhythm and voice.
When you hold a puppet in your hand, you don’t speak its words – you speak through it. Puppets can express themselves on our behalf when we ourselves are at a loss for words.
Par mākslinieci
Veronika Abdul-Visocka (1997, Latvia) is a latvian/lezgin theatre maker, writer and performer based in Amsterdam. She graduated in 2025 from the master’s programme at DAS Theatre (Academy of Theatre and Dance).
Her work is informed by a power-critical hybrid perspective, shaped by the multiple languages, religions, and political systems she was raised in. Rather than accepting one fixed belief system, Veronika is interested in exploring concepts of fluidity and multiversality as well as the capacity for transformation. In her creations, Veronika combines auto-ethnographic and auto-fictional material with elements of critical theory. Her process is driven by collaboration with artists across disciplines. Inserting multiple perspectives and different media into the theatre, she uncovers invisible forms of violence.
Veidotāji
Director: Veronika Abdul-Visocka
Roles played by: Małgorzata Apse
Artist: Kristina Rezviha
Music: Marss The Person
Light artist: Māra Aniņa
Movement consultant: Laima Jaunzema
Photo: Agnese Zeltiņa
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Tickets: 20 €Length
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Recommended age: 16+
Trigger warning: Loud drum noises.