A Mile In My Shoes

A Mile In My Shoes (AMIMS) is a storytelling project designed to shed a light on issues of diversity and inclusion in a non-confrontational and easily accessible way. Created in collaboration with Wageningen Univerisity and Research, the project has been running successfully for four years.

We work together with the university by providing the teaching expertise, sensitive hosting, and the event management needed to run this large-scale project.

As of September 2026, AMIMS will be entering its fifth season hosting its 38th show at Theatre de Wilde Wereld. During the first four seasons, more than 350 students signed up to attend the free one-day storytelling workshop. Many of these first attended as audience members before taking to the stager at later editions. Across four years of sold-out shows, upwards of 3,000 students have listened to hundreds of true personal stories. 

Over the years we have heard extraordinary stories from ordinary people. Some were funny, many were touching, all of them were vulnerable and empowering. Our guestbook is covered in scrawled notes from our audience members about how these stories helped them feel less alone, reminded them what it means to be human, and made them laugh and cry in equal measure. 

The project, in many ways, is a work of translation. Our aim is to make performance and storytelling accessible to non-performers, while approaching diversity and inclusion not as abstract academic concepts but as a lived human experience.

Given the right space and support, everyone has a story worth sharing — A Mile In My Shoes has proven that time and time again.