EAT ME

A Baroque banquet in which hunger devours itself

Baby don’t you know
Agency is cute
Whatever you decide
The choice is up to you

Guests gather. Someone cooks. Someone serves. Desire already outruns hunger. One more bite. One more sip. One more reason to stay. No one holds you back. No one says stop. Eat Me plays with hunger. With the kick of always wanting a little more. When is too much enough?

Aïda Gabriëls serves a text by poet Dominique De Groen: bittersweet, sticky, difficult to wash off. Jonathan Bonny lets classical and electronics leak into the room, driven by B’Rock and performers Blandine Coulon, Romain Dayez, Linde Carrijn and Casper Clausen. Everything unfolds in the lacquered arena of :mentalKLINIK, somewhere between dinner, concert and shared intoxication.

Pick your poison.
À ta santé.

Credits

• Concept | Direction • Aïda Gabriëls
• Composition | Arrangements • Jonathan Bonny
• Libretto • Dominique De Groen
• Dramaturgy • Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze / Lena Meyskens / Rudi Laermans
• Created with en performed by • Blandine Coulon / Casper Clausen / Linde Carrijn / Romain Dayez / Timo Tembuyser / B'Rock Orchestra
• Choreography • Matteo Sedda
• Light Design • Aïda Gabriëls
• Installation & scenography • :mentalKLINIK
• Technical coordination • Anne van Es
• Sound • Korneel Moreaux
• Technical assistance • Astrid Vansteenkiste
• Production rubber sculpture  • Marlou Breuls / House of Rubber
• Costumes • Maarten Van Mulken
• Interns (production) • Nicolas Lenz / Ricardo da Rocha
• Thanks to • Laura de Geest / Lisa Van der Aa / Britney Spears

Ensemble members:

Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir | violin
Rebecca Huber | violin & viola
Yukiko Murakami | bassoon
Asako Ueda | lute & guitar
Dimos de Beun | harpsichord