Theatre as a vortex of behaviour in Dutch multicultural society

In 2001, a music theatre production exploring Islam''s early history from a female perspective was shut down before it reached the stage. The cancellation of Aïsha and the Women of Madina by Rotterdam''s Independent Theatre (O.T.) generated a media storm as speculations about censorship mounted. To unravel this performative non-event, this dissertation consolidates cultural analysis, discourse ana...