Mindlab is a theatre performance that gets at the heart of the science community. Mindlab will inspire and challenge you to consider for ourselves and with others what is important to them in their daily work, career, and personal life – within the university and beyond. With Mindlab, we aim to make a positive contribution to the working and living environment of our university; an open and safe environment in which everyone feels at home. Mindlab is breaking down barriers. Mindlab is captivating and above all unique.
"You are not who you think you are. You are what you do."
Come visit The mindlab show with your team
This year you have the chance to visit Mindlab on the 5th of March 2024 with your team. Would you like a in-depth dialogue afterwards? We offer a tailored follow-up session for your team. Contact Team Mindlab to schedule your personal team follow-up. Of course, you are still more than welcome to come and experience Mindlab individually.
You can go to the Mindlab performances on March 5th in our Agora Theatre in Vrijhof. The morning performance (10.30-12.00) includes coffee and tea in the Foyer afterwards. The afternoon performance (14.30-16.00) includes drinks in the Foyer afterwards.
Mindlab is in Dutch and live English transcription is provided. Registration is free.
Curious? Watch the trailer!
Do you want a follow-up with your team?
Mindlab is barrier-breaking, captivating, and unique: it gets at the heart of the science community! It makes visitors reflect on what is important in daily work, in a career, and life – both within and outside the university. We offer the opportunity for you and your team to engage in conversation about this through a variety of follow-ups. This allows you, after the performance has settled, to follow up on the responsibilities we all have and feel.
Are you interested in one of the possible follow-ups for your team?
Reach out to teammindlab-hr@utwente.nl
How it all started
Professor Ellen Giebels (vice dean of the Faculty Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences) is the initiator of Mindlab. You can read her story here (in short) and in more detail in this article on Mindlab in U-Today (in Dutch).
On 13 February 2020 Mindlab premiered in the Theaterloods in Radio Kootwijk, the home theatre of TheaterMakers Radio Kootwijk. This was an overwhelming success. Reactions range from 'impressive' and 'it really triggers you to reflect and start conversations' to 'very recognizable' and 'gripping'. After the successful premiere, Mindlab had six performances at UT in the Vrijhof. Over 550 employees joined Mindlab in February and March: 'Really good thing UT initiated this, Mindlab truly is gripping'.
After that, Mindlab was ready to move on. To Utrecht University for example. And later on back to Enschede, to UT. At the time that turned out to be impossible: the coronavirus outbreak started. However, Mindlab was back in May 2021. With Mindlab Online. Mindlab Online offered employees an unique opportunity to attend Mindlab nevertheless. Mindlab Online was an event that gave UT community members - at home on their couches or at their kitchen tables - a true online theatre experience.