Metamorphosis of a Female Character is a dramatic and humorous musical theater performance about Nina Zarechnaya - an underexposed character from the play De Meeuw by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's play, the character Nina is two years away from home and the original play gives us clues about what this 19-year-old has experienced in that short time. Running away from her family to fulfill her dream and become an actress is just the beginning of the "rollercoaster" of joy and suffering that will follow.
Nina tells us a story of courage, endurance, and empowerment when it was not common for women to have the potential to develop their full potential. We can compare her overwhelming and confusing experiences with our experience of modern life in a rapidly changing society. Nina chooses not to assume the victim role; she is going through a - until now unseen - maturing metamorphosis. We take a peek into the spirit of this Treasure of a Woman.
It is not without reason that these ladies won the Grachtenfestival ThemaPitch and the Oorkaan prize during the Grachtenfestival Weekend. So, just like the jury during the Grachtenfestival Weekend, let yourself be convinced by this performance.