fringe My Pussy is Coming for You

This programme is part of Amsterdam Fringe Festival.

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In a city like Brussels, where the streets can feel more like hunting grounds, a black queer woman confronts the relentless catcalls, the unwelcome stares, and the everyday harassment that strips her down to prey. What happens when she decides not to flee, not to shrink and fluff her afro even bigger than before? What happens when she discovers that the very femininity they try to exploit is the weapon women wield? The woman, through spoken word and pole dance, tells her story: you may have come for me, but now I’m coming for you. With my pussy. Unapologetic, untamed, and unstoppable.

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Rachel Hansoul (1994) is a multidisciplinary maker, performer and graphic designer. Her work blends text, image and movement to express complex and emotional realities. As a black queer woman, Rachel speaks from a personal place while addressing larger systems. She explores themes such as racism, (de)colonisation, identity and queerness — not as theory, but as daily realities. As an intersectional feminist, she works toward a world full of colour, where everyone is allowed to exist. She gives voice to the unspoken, and claims space for stories that have been distorted, sexualised or erased. Her artistic practice moves between stage, design and activism, and seeks out places where softness and rage can coexist. She believes in the stage as a political space — a place where those who are usually silenced can show up, loudly and unapologetically.