Democreation voices of democracy creating together
A participatory performance about democracy. Teatro Munganga in Amsterdam, directed by Claudia Maoli and Carlos Lagoeiro, is since 1987 a house of performance, music and resistance. In this performance, Teatro Munganga will stage an event on the state of democracy in the present day. Our point of departure is that democracy isn’t dead. It is wounded and in need of attention and care.
How could we touch democracy with care, and in turn be touched its vitality, so that we feel compelled to care for her, just like we would care for someone we love? This performance invites voices of democracy to come out of the shadows. Together, we will listen to them and share what we hear when we undo ourselves of learned systems and beliefs.
Sound by sound, word by word, image by image, we will create a reflection of the state of democracy nowadays and maybe also create a vision of a future where democracy is right in our hands. Not as a way to control her, but as a way to care for her. What are the voices of democracy that you would like to lift out of the shadows?
Where do you encounter them?
What do they tell us about democracy? On May 30, 2026, from 16.00 to 20.00 in Teatro Munganga, all participants are invited to join a procession where we’ll carry democracy from the outside into the inside of the theatre, where we will eat together, listen, talk and create.
There will be music, poems, performance, a testimonial documentary, and a couple of short considerations to help us feel the deeper layers of democracy. This is an artistic collaboration with the European project Democracy in Action, coordinated by Leiden University.
How could we touch democracy with care, and in turn be touched its vitality, so that we feel compelled to care for her, just like we would care for someone we love? This performance invites voices of democracy to come out of the shadows. Together, we will listen to them and share what we hear when we undo ourselves of learned systems and beliefs.
Sound by sound, word by word, image by image, we will create a reflection of the state of democracy nowadays and maybe also create a vision of a future where democracy is right in our hands. Not as a way to control her, but as a way to care for her. What are the voices of democracy that you would like to lift out of the shadows?
Where do you encounter them?
What do they tell us about democracy? On May 30, 2026, from 16.00 to 20.00 in Teatro Munganga, all participants are invited to join a procession where we’ll carry democracy from the outside into the inside of the theatre, where we will eat together, listen, talk and create.
There will be music, poems, performance, a testimonial documentary, and a couple of short considerations to help us feel the deeper layers of democracy. This is an artistic collaboration with the European project Democracy in Action, coordinated by Leiden University.
in 16 days
Teatro Munganga
Schinkelhavenstraat 27 HS, 1075 VP Amsterdam
