Girls Won't Be Girls | Chassé Theater

During this performance at the Be Proud Weekend, eight performers from Boys Won’t Be Boys break through ingrained stereotypes. Expect an emotional, confronting, and hilarious evening with an aftertalk afterwards. A spectacular tribute to femininity in all its forms by the makers of Boys Won’t Be Boys, winner of the De Winq Culture Award 2024.

In the show Girls Won’t Be Girls, boxes, closed doors, and glass ceilings are broken. Yet, not all opportunities are equal for everyone. The corset was shed, but the strings mostly remained in the hands of others. What does it take to stay strong together? How does the story of our shared future evolve?

Girls Won’t Be Girls is the place to come together and finally take a breath, look at each other, and feel what femininity means to each of us — or to stretch all those ideas to the limit.

Each performance features eight rotating performers (m/x/f) who take you on a mix of music, dance, cabaret, and poetry.  You will be moved to tears, laugh until you fall off your chair, or be talking about it for days.

Tip: bring your activist grandma, your curious friend, or your favourite teenager.

About the company
Since 2018, Boys Won’t Be Boys has been a societal theatre movement committed to breaking down gender norms. By sharing personal stories, they challenge persistent ideas and create a connecting space where diversity is celebrated.

Through their projects, they reflect on outdated notions and work towards a society where freedom and inclusion are the norm. Boys Won’t Be Boys uses theatre to make invisible stories visible and provides space for different perspectives.

Whether you are an experienced artist, an amateur, or performing on stage for the first time — everyone has a voice at Boys Won’t Be Boys. Their mission: a society where no one is placed in a box and emancipation is not a struggle but a given.

In 2024, they received a Winq Diversity Award for their innovative approach to bringing the queer and hetero communities together and their contribution to diversity in the cultural landscape.