After six wonderful editions, Soula's Storytelling Nights return to Theater Kikker in the new season '24-'25. With stories from professional storytellers, talents, and people from the audience. And with the amazing houseband Reversed! The nights are in English.

New dates: October 1 2024, December 17 2024, February 11 2025, April 15 2025.

New solo

A personal story about diaspora, chaos, warm hands, and the in-between; the in-between space in which many biculturals find themselves. A space in which there is always a desire and where you are always on the move, but it seems as if you never arrive. But is it all doom and gloom? Maybe, just maybe, it's not so bad after all.

Language: Dutch

I have been a coach and teacher of storytelling at the Verhalenhuis of the Rose Academy since 2022 and for a variety of groups. It's a very beautiful, warm, inspiring and educational experience for me.

Partners were: the ACPC, Here to Support, Pitztop, Podium Noord, De Regentes/ WijkZ, Avrasya, Justice and Peace, AZC Wijk aan Zee.

I am a coach and host since 2020 for this storytelling project that is a collaboration between Mezrab and Theatergroup Vis a Vis.

photo: Anna van Kooij

My first full-length solo Who are you when no one is looking?  dealt with the question how do you survive growing up with different labels without losing your mind. It's a universal story about belonging and finding your place under the sun. 

I performed the solo at storytelling festivals in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Oslo, London, Prague, and also at Oerol festival and Festival Boulevard. 

In the picture you see stills from the livestream of my solo for the Lithuanian Storytelling Festival in May, 2020. 

On the 25th of September I told a true story during the online Istanbul Storytelling Festival (the festival went online due to Covid-19) . You can watch the video on the media page. 

Besides telling my own stories, I write tailor-made stories. Here I am telling a story during the livestream of the Committed Neighbourhoods Show about loneliness. 

During the comedy walks I told stories and jokes. Utrecht is so old that every stone in the city has at least three stories to tell. It was a lot of fun uncovering these and sharing them with the participants of the walk.

From october 2019- december 2022

Stories of my invisible family members.

8 storytellers each worked together with a child on unravelling stories of family members and presenting them in a story trail. 

A project of Mezrab and Studio 52nd. 

I am a regular host and storyteller at Mezrab in Amsterdam. 

With storytelling workshops I try to help people convey their story better. Fun and ownership are paramount.

A warm storytelling night with music, 3 professional storytellers, and 2 stories from the audience. 

5 editions in 2019 and 2020. A Comedyhuis project.