Theater Utrecht and Het Documentaire Paviljoen join forces to dissect existential and political issues surrounding the topic of reproduction and our bodies. Inspired by Claire Simon’s radically inclusive and feminist film, Our Body (2023), Theater Utrecht's Battlefield of Dreams team, led by Floor Houwink Ten Cate, will deep-dive into one of the greatest dilemmas of our time: to reproduce or not to reproduce?

Battlefield of Dreams breaks with the foundations of theater by merging documentary, opera, talk show and theater. The result is an experimental and exciting group experience centralizing themes around reproduction. When did you first think about whether or not to have children? How often have you had to have -unwanted- conversations about it? How often have you changed your mind? To have children. Not to have children.

Our Body (2023) is an intimate, sometimes frightening but above all beautiful mosaic of patients and their experiences in the Gynecology Ward of a hospital in Paris. Claire Simon's lens focuses on the diversity and uniqueness of our bodies and what it means to live in one, fusing together stories of people at all stages of life; young and old, cisgender and trans through themes such as fertility, illness and transition.

After the screening of Our Body, the audience is invited to participate in a conversation with writer and director Floor Houwink ten Cate, midwife Bahareh Goodarzi and composer Annelinde Bruijs. The conversation will be moderated by Vincent Wijlhuizen, the Utrecht-based dramaturge and programmer.