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What You See is an annual multidisciplinary and international arts festival about gender and identity. Positive, activist and connecting. What You See Festival 2026 will take place from 18 to 22 November in Utrecht.

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WHAT YOU SEE OPENING NIGHT

Political serenade and bouncing theater

NOS BIDA x FREEDOM IS A DANCER

Meeting of two work-in-progresses

STAY SOFT IN HARD TIMES | Goldendean

Soft radicals embrace complexity

PLUM ROAD TEA DREAM | Samuel Baidoo

Processing and healing in a digital world

WHAT IT MEANS | Vlinder Verouden

Three trans women, three generations

I SEE YOU AWARD

Inspiring young talent in the spotlight

AS LONG AS YOU WANT | Sheena McGrandles

The desire to get closer to someone

WYS x MAASTD What You See Research

A unique look behind the scenes

WELCOME TO THE GAYBOURHOOD | Studio Marble

Welcome to the queer dollhouse!

WHY ARE WE WAITING, WE COULD BE MASTURBATING

Simon(e) van Saarloos on waiting

SEX AND DEATH | AURA

How desire connects sex and death

O FUTURO É ANCESTRAL | Sine Qua Non Art

Continuing to build despite the weight

QUEER CHRONICLES #3: What We Can Do Together

Ode to differences

QUEER PANIC! PARTY | Drek Manor / Vienna Pieterse

Fierce drags, sickening looks and beats

THE ONLY QUEER IN THE HOSPITAL | Erik Alkema

Share your queer experiences in healthcare

THIS COULD GO ON FOREVER | Simon(e) van Saarloos

Step into an experiment with time

T4T DAY: TRANS UTOPIA | Ballroom Works

Come together in Trans Utopia!

WYS x ALUIN What You See Research

Personal artistic research

YOU'VE BEEN NEEDING SADNESS | Sunni Lamin Barrow

How grief shapes identity

WORKSHOP BEYOND OVERWHELM | Lo Höckner

Breaking through individualism

QUEER ORGANIZATIONAL CONSTELLATIONS

Workshop by The Pebble Effect

WORKSHOP ARE YOU SAFE? | Yorke Mulder-Bhangoo

An emergency kit for the whole street

GOLDENDEAN REPAIR WORKSHOP

Building a gentle world together

HKU 23.59.60

Discover new work from HKU Theatre Design

EXPO AFTER THE END | Nicchelle Buyne/ Pelumi Adejumo/ Jasja Albinus

Ode to tools for the end

QUEER SILENT READING PARTY 2026

Low-stimulus reading among queer art

THE WAITING ROOM

Relax in a space full of art

WHAT YOU SEE OPENING NIGHT

Political serenade and bouncing theater

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Goldendean on Stay Soft in Hard Times

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