15-09-2025

Julia Ghysels wins the Theo d'Or 2025!
Een groep performers en makers staat bijeen op een podium tijdens een prijsuitreiking. Verschillende personen houden een medaille of bloemen vast en kijken glimlachend in de camera. De sfeer is feestelijk, met kleurrijke bloemen en een achtergrond met felgekleurde grafische panelen.

We are extremely proud because last night our Julia won the Theo d'Or for the most impressive supporting role in the 24/25 season during the theater gala of the Dutch Theater Festival. She blew away the Dutch Theater Jury with her 'extraordinarily exciting and alienating' supporting roles in the mythical spectacle Holly Goosebumps, directed by Ada Ozdogan. 

In Holly Goosebumps , Julia took on as many as three roles: the goddess Athena, an oracle with a dubious view of reality, and the destructive Lamastu. The play, which plays with elements from Greek mythology and modern pop culture, follows demigoddess Holly (Alicia Boedhoe) in her quest for her mother Lamastu, who does not have a good relationship with humanity.

According to the jury, Julia transitions extremely smoothly between her characters. The jury praises that Julia effortlessly masters the complex style of Ozdogan, which winks at both mythology and countless Hollywood films. She navigates ‘between horror and humor, between elevated and banal, and between tongue-in-cheek and serious’ and manifests herself according to the jury ‘as an absolute standout’.

Julia Ghysels in een leren jas en witte helm staat vooraan terwijl Alicia Boedhoe en Gillis Biesheuvel in kostuums met een stok in de hand in de mist achter haar verschijnen.
Holly Goosebumps
Want to see more Julia? Come to Not Quichot, Byzantium, and Saved Game in the 25/26 season

First of all, you can see Julia shine as a reserved journalist in Sarah Moeremans' new performance Not Quichot, where she continuously points out the untruths of friends of adventurer Q starting from October '25.

From February '26, she will be seen in Byzantium. An absurdist performance about misguided nostalgia and gastronomic phobias, co-produced with our Flemish friends from Abattoir Fermé.

Starting in April '26, Julia Ghysels brings a gripping solo about grief and comfort in a digital world in the performance Saved Game . Directed by Peter Seynaeve, a moving performance about loss, love, and the healing power of play unfolds.