Four witch-like figures set off on a journey through a dark forest. They are armed with absurdity, risky intuition, and lucid dreams. There is an intoxicating, warm wind that makes the trees move like snakes. The forest transforms into a strange mirrored landscape that absorbs them, as if they had always been part of it. It is a place outside of time, where magic and logic meet and where the personal and the collective intertwine.

Under Your Spell is a playful and physical performance that invites the audience to discover the different layers of femininity and experience the power of imagination as a driving force for change. In their quest, the performers try to challenge the idea of ‘first seeing then believing’ by sometimes actively believing in something that they cannot (yet) see.

Under Your Spell is an ode to not knowing, to daring to doubt and exploring new paths. It is both an attempt to cast off the spell that holds us under its grip and a critical reflection on the spells that we cast upon ourselves.

Audrey Apers (°1991) studied at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and then obtained her Bachelor of Modern Theatre Dance at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. From 2013 to 2017, she danced with SALLY Dansgezelschap Maastricht, LeineRoebana Amsterdam and Arno Schuitemaker. In 2017, she moved to Brussels and worked as a performer in the production Democracy in America by Romeo Castellucci at the Singel in Antwerp. For the period 2018 – 2020, she was artist in residence at SALLY Dance Company Maastricht’s Dance Lab programme for young artistic development. There she created 3 different works; Daydream Space, Remote and Labour of Love that toured through various theatres in the Netherlands.

Audrey obatined her Master’s degree in Theatre Directing at RITCS School of Arts – Erasmus University College Brussels in 2023. During her master’s program, Audrey created the performance Gravity is a Regime, and in June 2023 she presented her graduation piece Vulcanize Me at the Kaaistudios and PILAR in Brussels. The performance has been selected for Jong Werk (Young Work) at Theater aan Zee 2024 and the Amsterdam Fringe 2024. In addition to her own work, she is a guest lecturer at RITCS and works as a coach and performer for other creators. In the 2025-2026 season, she will perform in 4 Women Getting Sick by Renée Goethijn and Gaze by Laura Neyskens.

Audrey’s work is a playful and existential exploration of the female body within the contemporary neoliberal fantasy. For her, the stage is a space of experimentation, where micro-tragedies and cosmic myths intersect, infused with humor and risk. She is currently developing her new performance Under Your Spell, which will premiere in the spring of 2026 at Monty