Onlyfans for therapyOnlyFans for Therapy is a darkly comic solo about the cost of trauma, therapy and the absurd economics of healing. While triggered on holiday, a woman realises the only way to remain a functional member of society is therapy for life. Quick maths: 2,599 sessions at £70 each. And that’s without inflation. So, who pays: the victim, the perpetrator or the state? A razor-edged exploration of abuse, revenge and survival in a world where recovery comes with a receipt. "A brave and unsettling emotional exposure." - **** The Guardian "A wryly funny, fiercely intelligent and harrowing watch." - **** The Stage Winner 2026 Filipa Bragança Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Part of BIG IN BELGIUM. Credits: Concept & performance: Verona Verbakel Final direction: Karolien De Bleser & Verona Verbakel Tech support & subtitles: Jef Sturm Extra voices: Jaz Fields & Dave Beever Poster image: Els Vanopstal Extra images: Alice Dooreman Scene images: Soraya Azbiri Graphic design posters & flyers: Nick Mattan With support of: ZooVenues, deAuteurs, BIG IN BELGIUM, Arenberg, the Flemish representative in the UK & the Flemish government (GIP) Thanks to: David Bauwens, Kay Doms, Lies Pauwels, Minard, KVS, Koortzz, Brighton Fringe, Richard Jordan, Gilded Balloon, Karen Koren & Filipa Braganca Award Team |
Picture by : ©Els Vanopstal / Poster design by: ©Nick Mattan
©Alice Dooreman
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OnlyFans for Therapy review – a brave and unsettling emotional exposure. Veering from confident to crumbling, Verona Verbakel delivers a vivid show mixing humour with trauma - Mark Fisher for The Guardian
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TOUR DATES
2027
ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 12.2.2027 - 20:15 - Meneer Otis - Nijmegen (NL)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 24.3.2027 - 20:00 - KVS - Brussel (BE)
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2026
ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 30.1.2026 - 20:30 - Arenberg - Antwerpen (BE)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY (double bill met HET EGO) - 31.1.2026 - 20:30 - Arenberg - Antwerpen (BE)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 15.5.2026 - 20:00 - Minard - Gent (BE)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 7-30.8.2026 - 12:10 - ZOO Playground 3 - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 28.10.2026 - 20:00 - Antigone - Kortrijk (BE)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 7.11.2026 - 20:00 - CC De Spil - Roeselare (BE)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 21.11.2026 - 20:00 - Bij De Vieze Gasten - Gent (BE)
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2025
ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 8.5.2025 - 20:30 - Arenberg - Antwerpen (BE) (SOLD OUT)
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ONLYFANS FOR THERAPY - 18.10.2025 - 20:00 - Minard - Gent (BE)
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REVIEWS & ARTICLES
A wryly funny, fiercely intelligent and harrowing watch
A brave and unsettling emotional exposure. Veering from confident to crumbling, Verona Verbakel delivers a vivid show mixing humour with trauma
**** - The Guardian - Mark Fisher
It creates an expectation of looking, then makes us confront what we are actually looking at
Fierce and imaginative
It may take you a considerable time to come to terms with Only Fans for Therapy; don’t rush it.
**** - The Real Chrisparkle
Darkly funny and deeply uncomfortable
One of last year's most powerful performances.
Loud and coolly calculated, exhibitionistic yet deeply introspective
Trauma shouldn't have to be productive or sellable
Pillow Talk Scotland - Iris Pase
"A yoga retreat on acid."
European artists on the Edinburgh Fringe
Café Europa - Natasha Tripney
Therapy Through Humour: Exploring OnlyFans for Healing
A wonderfully witty actress
A brilliantly crafted, witty show packed with humour
An emotional rollercoaster exploring a deeply sensitive topic
'OnlyFans for Therapy' poses an uncomfortable yet necessary question:
Who can afford to heal – and at what cost?
Pzazz - Aïcha Mouhamou
This performance contains themes that some audience members may find emotionally distressing or triggering.
We encourage audience members to take this into consideration when deciding whether to attend the performance.
We encourage audience members to take this into consideration when deciding whether to attend the performance.