Residencies

• 13.12 > 24.12.2021

The per­for­man­ce is a cross bet­ween a Catholic ser­vi­ce, a poli­ti­cal par­ty con­ven­ti­on, a Tupperware par­ty, and an occult cele­bra­ti­on of the win­ter sol­s­ti­ce. There is decla­ma­ti­on, clo­sed jars are ope­ned and clo­sed again, and demons have free rein. Language is mani­pu­la­ti­ve, lies and secrets are con­fu­sed with truth and the com­mon good. And at any moment, eve­ry­thing can chan­ge and nothing is what it seems.

On sta­ge are act­res­ses Lois Lumonga Brochez, Aurelie Di Marino, and Mira Brysinck — they play God, the Devil, and the nar­ra­tor. The audien­ce also takes on a role, that of the choir, the com­mu­ni­ty, the peo­p­le: eve­ry­o­ne is allo­wed to sing, pray, and cast spells. At the end, hope­ful­ly eve­ry­o­ne knows even less than at the beginning.

Tine Van Aerschot is a visu­al artist and has been cre­a­ting per­for­man­ces sin­ce 2006.

Such as Het betreft lief­de (It con­cerns love), when in doubt, duck, and we are not afraid of the dark. Precision, humor, lan­gu­a­ge, and fra­gi­li­ty are always cen­tral to her the­a­ter work.