The foundation

Foundation de LuiaardVrouwe was founded on May 12, 1989 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, to bring to life the artistic thoughts and ideas of Patrizia Filia. Her work is the heart and soul of the foundation. In the multiple roles of director, writer and artistic leader, she is able to give her artistic views form and brings these forth in her theatre productions.

Her view of her fellow human beings can be considered as religious humanist: when hardships threaten to overwhelm us, ultimately one must look to oneself.

The underlying currents in the performances of Patrizia Filia are fraught with human loneliness, so ingrained, combined with the desire to expose the hidden and participate in the eternal and infinite.

Practically speaking, her starting point is in her theatre productions, which embody this human loneliness, which give displaced people of various cultures a voice, which try to reconcile our lot in life with expression in theatre. Her performances are almost always sober and true. Intense is how the public and the press describe her work.

The mission of the foundation is:

“To exist to be able to realize the artistic ideas of Patrizia Filia and others appointed by her”

Foundation de LuiaardVrouwe was closed on December 31, 2020