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Spaghetti Western

KWP production

Residencies

  • 10.12.2025

Inspired by the spa­ghet­ti-wes­tern gen­re and inter­woven with fami­liar refe­ren­ces, this research del­ves into today’s vio­len­ce, the new impe­ri­a­lism, and con­tem­po­ra­ry ques­ti­ons of mora­li­ty and ethics as it brings them to the the­a­tre (with live music and live video).

Aurélie Di Marino and Renée Goethijn col­la­bo­ra­te with a lar­ge group of per­for­mers and musi­cians, taking on the roles of cow­boys and out­laws, the heroes and anti-heroes of the Spaghetti Western, as they search for a sati­ri­cal and epic-his­to­ri­cal decon­struc­ti­on of post-war his­to­ry. They make visi­ble the invi­si­ble (neo­li­be­ral) doc­tri­ne in which we all live, cri­ti­cally inter­ro­ga­ting the con­tem­po­ra­ry Western geo­po­li­ti­cal rea­li­ty, and set­ting against it a living, per­for­ma­ti­ve, and cele­bra­to­ry coun­ter-pro­pa­gan­dis­tic force.

con­cept Aurelie Di Marino & Renée Goethijn met Edoardo Ripani, Atta Nasser, Femke Stallaert, Oxana Sankova, Renée Goethijn, Michiel Soete, Oscar Briou, Yuni Mahieu, Nona Buhrs, Aurelie Di Marino, Roel Vaes, Giovanni Barcella, Yuni Mahieu pro­duc­tie Kunstenwerkplaats copro­duc­tie Toneelhuis, De Grote Post met steun van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Zinneke en Monty.