FCK LOLITA

06 Sep '25 to 07 Sep '25

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

How does a young woman discover her sexuality? And who gets to tell that story? Director Silke van Kamp has a deep fascination with Nabokov’s scandalous 1955 novel Lolita, in which a young girl is denied the opportunity to explore her own sexual fantasies and desires.

Nederlands Theaterfestival

Duration 90 min
Genre Theater
Language Dutch

F*CK LOLITA describes the sexual abuse of a minor. This may be considered disturbing.

F*CK LOLITA

For decades, Lolita has been portrayed as a romanticised object of lust, spawning countless reinterpretations of her story. Now, seventy years on, Silke radically turns Nabokov’s literary classic inside out. In FCK LOLITA*, she reshapes the narrative from a female perspective.

Lolita breaks free from the cage of sexual objectification and reclaims her body and her story. Not as a victim of abuse, but as someone who fights to escape the grip of the male gaze.

With text by Annet Bremen (nominated for the Dutch Playwriting Prize 2023), FCK LOLITA* becomes an erratic, intelligent, and layered duet between Lolita and Humbert Humbert. Lolita reclaims her own artwork: about herself, as herself.

4 - 14 september 2025

Nederlands Theater Festival

Het Nederlands Theater Festival (NTF) annually marks the official kickoff of the new theater season. During eleven days, starting on the first Thursday in September, the festival in Amsterdam presents a selection of the finest, most impressive performances of the past year.

Credits

Direction & Concept Silke van Kamp
Text Annet Bremen
Cast Joep van der Geest and Keja Klaasje Kwestro
Dramaturgy Michiel Bijmans
Dramaturgical Advice Joachim Robbrecht
Costume Design Daphne de Winkel
Lighting Design Arco Middendorp
Photography Sofie Knijff
Trailer Joris Verleg
Assistant Director Floor van der Niet
With thanks to Babette Kalker (dramaturgical advice) & Scott Junn (lighting design advice)