Care & Welfare
Attention for people and society
This page is for everyone who is committed to a caring society: from care professionals and teachers to students and experts by experience. You will find performances and initiatives that highlight current themes such as elder care, mental health, social inequality, loneliness and meaning.
Whether you are looking for deepening, inspiration for your work, or want to be touched as a human being - the theater offers space for meeting, reflection and dialogue.
A selection from the heart of the program
On this page we highlight a number of special performances and projects that explore themes around care and welfare. Each and every one of them brings current topics and personal stories close by, and forms a valuable source of inspiration for everyone involved in care and welfare.
Highlights
Be inspired by stories that connect, move and give insight:
Agenda
Life Stories & Elderly Care
Focus on aging, life wisdom, and the power of memory. These performances center on the stories of older adults—sometimes performed by the older adults themselves, sometimes told by others. Themes such as loneliness, informal care, and aging with purpose are brought to the forefront. For those who work in elder care or feel a connection to this generation.
Performances and projects within this theme include:
Agenda
Mental resilience
Vulnerability is part of life, but is not always seen or discussed. These performances revolve around mental balance, overstimulation, burnout, depression and recovery. Theater provides a safe space to feel and discuss these themes - for professionals and audiences alike.
Performances and projects within this theme include:
Agenda
-
Kameleon
Sadettin KWhat does it mean to keep changing colorThu 3 Dec '26"Raise your hand if you are white!" shouts Sadettin's daughter in the living room. She raises her hand, and he joins in. "Daddy! You're brown!" she says, laughing. She is six, has dark blond hair and blue eyes and was baptized in the village church. But she watches her favorite movies in Turkish and sometimes says, "When I grow up, I will become a Muslim." Who is this child? And who is Sadettin next to her?
-
Thu 3 Dec '26 20:30Tickets
-
Thu 3 Dec '26 20:30Tickets
-
-
All the blue of the sky
Buddy Vedder and Shelley BosThe story that gently breaks and heals your heartTue 15 Dec '26All the Blue of Heaven is a new musical theater piece based on Mélissa Da Costa's bestseller. Buddy Vedder and Shelley Bos play Emile and Joanne, two strangers who leave together in a camper when Emile is diagnosed with young Alzheimer's disease.
-
di 15 dec '26 20:00Sold out / Waiting list
-
di 15 dec '26 20:00Sold out / Waiting list
-
-
BEGIN AGAIN
BrotherTill & Lisa WeedaA compelling performance about a world without egoNieuwe MaanTue 12 Jan '27A mother wants to reinvent man, a son refuses to surrender. BEGIN AGAIN is a sensory, musical experience in which the audience literally becomes part of a new world.
-
Tue 12 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
-
Tue 12 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
-
-
Nothing Left on Blue
Company TiuriTragicomic dance about power, war and humanityNieuwe maanWed Jan '27Nothing Left On Blue is a penetrating, tragicomic choreography that confronts, unsettles and hopefully stimulates.
-
Wed, 27 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
-
Wed, 27 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
-
-
Don't despair
Panama PicturesA breathtaking battle for hopeSTROOMThu 4 Mar '27In Don't despair , Panama Pictures takes you into a world where power wavers and trust cannot be taken for granted. High above the ground, performers balance between risk and connection. A physical, musical and acrobatic quest that overturns every certainty.
-
do 4 mar '27 20:30Tickets
-
do 4 mar '27 20:30Tickets
-
-
The Desire Club
DOXDo you dare to check who you are, even when the lights are on?STROOMThu 11 Mar '27Enter The Desire Club. The beat is pumping. The light shines. The world disappears. No more doubts about who you should be, no more waiting for redemption. Let go of everything. Only desire is what you have to do here.
-
Thu 11 Mar '27 19:30 - 20:40Tickets
-
Thu 11 Mar '27 19:30 - 20:40Tickets
-
Connection & social issues
Care is more than medical procedures - it is also attention, safety and social connection. This theme includes performances on poverty, migration, inclusion, gender, parenting and the power of community. Sometimes painfully topical, sometimes hopeful and comforting, but always with an open view of society.
Performances and projects within this theme include:
Agenda
-
CONTRA
Wabisabi in collaboration with HIIIT and Het Houten HuisA quirky and sharp look at the daily reality of police officersstroom & let's talk about...Thu 29 Oct '26CONTRA shows with humor and compassion a quirky and sharp look at the daily reality of police officers. The performance shows how people fight for a more just society and how complicated that is.
-
Thu 29 Oct '26 20:30 - 21:45Tickets
-
Thu 29 Oct '26 20:30 - 21:45Tickets
-
-
Waiting for MARSHA
Raymi Sambo makes | ITAA pride revolutionlet's talk about...Wed 18 Nov '26New York 1969, in a bar full of color, music and freedom, Drag Queens and activists - including the iconic Marsha P. Johnson - fight for their existence.
-
Wed 18 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
Wed 18 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
-
I Like Art and Art Likes Me
Het Zuidelijk ToneelWhat if Hitler and Beuys had met?stroomThu 19 Nov '26What if art could have changed the course of history? In I Like Art and Art Likes Me, two radical ideas about art and power collide in a fictional encounter that chafes, stimulates and challenges. A theatrical thought experiment in which art leaves its safe position.
-
Thu 19 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
Thu 19 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
-
Biotopia
ShiifftAn ode to the collectiveThu 26 nov '26In Biotopia we follow five space travelers who are forced to leave Earth in search of a safe living environment for humans. Their final destination: Planet Nine, a planet outside our solar system whose existence has as yet only past event confirmed theoretically.
-
do 26 nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
do 26 nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
-
Trumps America: chaos and danger?
Haagsch CollegeWhat if America changes, and we have to go along with it?Fri 27 Nov '26The news surrounding the US is hard to keep up with. In Trump's America, only chaos is predictable. But no matter how capricious the most powerful man on earth is, one thing is certain: the world will never be the same again, and Europe feels it immediately.
-
Fri 27 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
Fri 27 Nov '26 20:30Tickets
-
-
Time Machine
HNT jong & Theater UtrechtSci-fi thriller about a stabbing at schoolThu 3 Dec '26andFri 4 Dec '26The school party is in full swing. Suddenly chaos ensues: a fight, a scream.... and a knife. What happened? In Time Machine, you end up in a high school where time can be stopped and rewound. Who was stabbed and who did it?
Parktheater connects
Culture brings people together. Besides a versatile theater program, Parktheater initiates and supports various social cultural projects in the city in the areas of sustainability, diversity and inclusion that make a positive contribution to society. Everyone is invited and welcome to participate, experience, experience, talk and decide. We want to be open and accessible to all of society.
Find out more about...
Working together on welfare
At Parktheater Eindhoven we believe in the power of theater as a bridge between people, stories and worlds. Our performances offer space for recognition, reflection and conversation - also within the care and welfare sector.
Would you like to visit a performance with your team, organization or clients? Or are you curious how we can make impact together through art and encounters?