Joke Devynck - De Keizerin, the Whore and the Daughter of the Mussel Farmer

After ten years of absence, Joke Devynck returns to the theater! And she does it with fire, because ‘De Keizerin, de Hoer en de Dochter van de Mosselboer’ is a story she must tell. Three fascinating women from the Belgian royal house are central. Three women who once dominated the newspapers and whose lives sound surprisingly current today. Charlotte van België, Empress of Mexico, sees her dream turn into a nightmare and then lives for sixty years in self-chosen madness. But perhaps happier than ever before… Blanche Delacroix, sixteen and whore, conquers the heart of the 65-year-old Leopold II and marries him. Wealth follows, but also betrayal and misfortune. Lilian Baels, daughter of a “mussel farmer”, marries Leopold III during the second world war and thus becomes the woman who brings him down. 'De Keizerin, de Hoer en de Dochter van de Mosselboer' is the Belgische Monarchie at her sharpest: no Disney fairy tales, but three women who made difficult choices… and paid the price for them. It will be a performance where text, image, and music merge into a unique experience that brings three intriguing stories from Belgian history to life. Joke Devynck ís 'De Keizerin, de Hoer en de Dochter van de Mosselboer'. CREDITS scenario: Joke Devynck, Paul De Geyter & Jef Hoogmartens