Theodora van der Beek

I'm a writer, performer, and filmmaker creating bold, funny, and thought-provoking work about gender, power, identity, and the strange rules we live by. For years, I've made solo theatre shows for festivals and theatres. Now I'm expanding into short films: lo-fi, imaginative pieces that can be made from a bedroom, a camera, and a few strange questions or good ideas. Whether I'm making a live performance or a three-minute film, I'm interested in the same questions: Who gets power? Who gets to belong? What stories do we inherit about gender, sexuality, and ourselves? And how can comedy help us see those stories differently? My work is deliberately low-budget and handmade. I love finding creative solutions with limited resources and building something surprising from almost nothing. Rather than hiding the process, I often embrace it: the rough edges, the experimentation, and some of the interesting failures. Your support gives me time to write, film, edit, experiment, and keep creating independent work outside traditional funding structures. It helps cover practical costs and gives me the freedom to take creative risks. Patrons get a behind-the-scenes look at the process: early drafts, works-in-progress, production updates, creative experiments, and first access to new films and projects. If you're interested in supporting independent artists making unusual work, I'd love to have you here. Thank you !