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Divine Madness

Başak Layiç
vr 10 apr 20:00
  • vr 10 apr
    20:00
    Klein Bellevue
    Kaarten

After five sold-out performances, Divine Madness returns with a new breath.

A woman is haunted by her grandmother: a woman once called mad.
Panic attacks, shame, and silence run through the family line.
But what if madness isn’t an illness,
but a form of resistance?

In Divine Madness, Basak Layic invites the audience into a ritual of transformation, where pursuit turns into dialogue and inherited darkness is reclaimed as a source of power. Through humor, music, and confession, she navigates the thin line between fear and freedom, control and surrender. The audience becomes a witness and a participant in the act of breaking the cycle.

Credits

tekst en spel Basak Layic
muziek Emin Gök, Basak Layic

Meer over de makers

Born and raised in Istanbul, Başak Layic is a theatermaker, scriptwriter, storyteller, and artistic director whose work blends philosophical inquiry with lived experience, humor, and with a sense of musicality. 

After moving to the Netherlands in 2019, Başak became a regular storyteller at Mezrab and wrote her first play, The Millennial Immigrant, for the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, directed by Mara van Nes. Since then, she has performed at various venues across Amsterdam, using comedy to navigate serious themes and create connection across diverse audiences.

In 2020, Başak joined Rederij Lampedusa as a producer and became its artistic director a year later, shaping immersive cultural programming on former refugee boats that center migration, storytelling, and performance.

She is the creator of Divine Madness and Home Sweet Home, both of which sold out in Amsterdam and are now touring.

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