Two puppeteers blend their own bodies and voices with puppets of different sizes in this 70-minute show for adults. Using a sensory, poetic and humorous style, they tell the story of several of history's remarkable women scientists.
The performance looks at the drive behind these women's groundbreaking achievements, and at some of the discoveries they never received credit for. The title refers to the so-called Matilda effect, named after the American activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, who in the 1800s noticed how women's scientific work was systematically credited to men.
Pernille Nedergaard Haugesen and Astrid Kjær perform the piece, which is also being staged at Folketeatret on other dates in November 2026.
