Wednesday 21 January 2026

The Ego

Anemone Valcke and Verona Verbakel

7.30pm—8.35pm

The Ego is a bold and humorous theatre performance by Anemone Valcke and Verona Verbakel (The Sirens by Ontroerend Goed). They explore how transgressive behaviour, internalised misogyny and #MeToo shape their lives. With two chairs, a screen and sharp wit, they share real stories with shameless honesty. Blending dry humour and tragically comic film clips, the show is both confronting and entertaining.

Without blaming victims or pointing fingers at perpetrators, The Ego humorously exposes the dysfunctional system behind such behaviour, inviting the audience to reflect on power, complicity and credibility.

**** The Stage

“Because that of course is what women have always done. Make the tally marks, keep quiet, carry on - internalise the shame. But Valcke and Verbakel are no longer going to do so, and they demonstrate that in this witty, hard-hitting, deceptively layered show.” — Lyn Gardner

Acting & co-creation: Anemone Valcke & Verona Verbakel
Concept: Verona Verbakel
Director: Karolien De Bleser
Dramaturgy: Daan Borloo
Technician: Bert Toulet
Photography: Alexandra Colmenares Cossio
Videography: Sam David
Co-production: Theater Aan Zee, KVS & CC De Steiger Menen

Thanks to: Future Flares Festival, Zoo Venues, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ontroerend Goed, Big in Belgium, Richard Jordan Productions, Brighton Fringe Festival, Theater Aan Zee, Torfs, vzw Het Kartel, City of Ghent, Culture Ghent, the Flemish Government, Compagnie Cecilia, deAuteurs, the Flemish representative in the UK & Ireland, Sabam for Culture, Minard, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Arenberg, De Grote Post, Charlotte De Bruyne, Yorrith De Bakker, Fee Roels, Aurélie Lannoy & Steve Marmion.

Presented as part the 2026 Future Flares Festival