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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 2025 will take place from 19 to 23 November in Utrecht.

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WHAT YOU SEE OPENING NIGHT | Irmãs Brasil

Raw and poetic opening of the 8th edition

VOICES IN THE AFTERGLOW | Sunni Lamin Barrow

Meaning in the absence of words

QUEER CHRONICLES #2: CROWDED BODIES XL

Celebration of collectivity

De Boodschappers | WILD Productions

Trans children as hope for the future

CHILDREN OF ZEUS | Robin Nimanong

Artistic research on decolonization

4 LEGS GOOD | Claire Cunningham

Crutches as an artistic strategy

SUSPENDED CHORUS | Silvia Gribaudi / ZEBRA

Gribaudi celebrates the power of the collective

THE ORIGIN OF THE FUTURE | Aline Olmos Steler

Amsterdam Fringe x What You See

WHAT YOU SEE RESEARCH | Tim Schouten & SERIOOS

A closer look at the creative process

INDO* Queer Ancestors

Queer Ancestors: Those Who Came Before Us

RUBY | Senna Pauli & Eva Arends

A play on seeing and being seen

PERRX in Wonderland | PERRX & Queer in Wonderland

Eclectic club night full of queer joy!

WE PLAY SO HARD IT HURTS | Fernando Troya

Has pleasure ever killed someone?

A COMING OF (R)AGE RITUAL | XILLAN

An ode to Surinamese queer legacy

WORKSHOP RUNWAY | Irmãs Brasil

Category is…Runway Realness!

WORKSHOP QUEER LOVE PRACTICES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD | TLMC

Surviving through collective queer love

EXPLORING CRIP TECHNIQUE, ARTISTRY, AND ACCESS | Claire Cunningham

Workshop crip technique in performances

DABKE NIGHT MEETS WHAT YOU SEE | Dabke Night

Workshop full of connection and resistance

EXPO | THE TRANS YEARBOOK | Tengbeh Kamara

Portraits that rewrite the past

WORKSHOP | WHAT WILL YOU SEE | Carmen José

Participate in collective bookmaking

EXPO | wrtlZES | HKU Theater Design

Discover new work from HKU Theatre Design

QUEER SILENT READING PARTY 2025

Low-stimulus reading among queer art

WHAT YOU SEE OPENING NIGHT | Irmãs Brasil

Raw and poetic opening of the 8th edition

VOICES IN THE AFTERGLOW | Sunni Lamin Barrow

Meaning in the absence of words

All events in 2025

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STATEMENT CULTURE BOYCOTT ISRAEL

WYS supports cultural boycott of Israel

WYSF2025 Program

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STATEMENT CULTURE BOYCOTT ISRAEL

WYS supports cultural boycott of Israel

CONNECT & JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

as a supporter

as an organisation

as an artist

'Hope will
never be silent.'

Harvey Milk

Art can change your my our the world

program

Raw and poetic opening of the 8th edition

Meaning in the absence of words

Celebration of collectivity

Trans children as hope for the future

Artistic research on decolonization

Crutches as an artistic strategy

Gribaudi celebrates the power of the collective

Amsterdam Fringe x What You See

A closer look at the creative process

Queer Ancestors: Those Who Came Before Us

A play on seeing and being seen

Eclectic club night full of queer joy!

Has pleasure ever killed someone?

An ode to Surinamese queer legacy

Category is…Runway Realness!

Surviving through collective queer love

Workshop crip technique in performances

Workshop full of connection and resistance

Portraits that rewrite the past

Participate in collective bookmaking

Discover new work from HKU Theatre Design

Low-stimulus reading among queer art

Raw and poetic opening of the 8th edition

Meaning in the absence of words

Articles

WYSF2025 Program

Download now!

STATEMENT CULTURE BOYCOTT ISRAEL

WYS supports cultural boycott of Israel

WYSF2025 Program

Download now!

STATEMENT CULTURE BOYCOTT ISRAEL

WYS supports cultural boycott of Israel

CONNECT & JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

'Hope will never be silent.'

Art
can change
your my our the world

'Hope will
never be silent.'