Miet Warlop
INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
Gent
3,500 metres of silk swell, tumble, and unfurl – a flood of colour and form, of awe and rapture. In «INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE», visionary Belgian artist Miet Warlop conjures a delirious ode to imagination’s power, inspiration’s intoxication, and the tides and tempests of artistic creation.
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Following her acclaimed production «One Song», Belgian artist and object theatre maker Miet Warlop returns with a new piece that once again explores her fascination with materials. At first, four small and fragile porcelain hands meet on an empty stage. Then, a massive 3500 metres of silk billow, collapse, and unfold – in waves of colour, form, wonder, and delight. The fabrics rise into mountains and giants, only to be gently and lovingly folded down to a minuscule size, nearly disappearing from sight. Panels of fabric fall from the ceiling, float through space, shoot out of ball machines, engulfing the performers on stage.
In «INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE», Warlop engages both with the stage curtain as a material and metaphorically with the tides and tempests of artistic creation and the world. Amid this quest for clarity, a struggle unfolds – giving rise to a visually captivating and emotionally resonant universe.This fleeting display of wildness and beauty can be experienced as a transient moment on stage, while also serving as an allegory for the reality outside the theatre. A poetic cycle of images: between the wilfulness of featherlight fabrics and the assertion of a gesture, between fragility and force – all under- scored by the music of DEEWEE
Dates and Tickets
shows from today- We 20.08. 20:30 - 21:30 CHF 55.–/30.–
- Th 21.08. 19:30 - 20:30 CHF 55.–/30.–
- Fr 22.08. 19:30 - 20:30 CHF 55.–/30.–
- Sa 23.08. 20:30 - 21:30 CHF 55.–/30.–
Support programme
Audience Talk
Thu 25.8., 9 pm, after the performance, with Miet Warlop
Moderation (English): Tine Milz
Artistic direction and cast
| Konzept & Regie | Miet Warlop |
|---|---|
| Musik | Miet Warlop, DEEWEE |
| Performance | Milan Schudel, Emiel Vandenberghe, Margarida Ramalhete, Lara Chedra- oui, Mattis Clement, Elias Demuynck |
| BŸhnenbild | |
| Miet Warlop, Mattis Clement | |
| KostŸme | Miet War- lop, Elias Demuynck, Tom Van Der Borght |
| Praktika | |
| Nel Gevaerts (KITOS), Nana Bonsu, Sofia Ristori (Ursulinen Mechelen) | |
| Lichtdesign | Henri Emmanuel Doublier |
| Licht | Pieter Kinoli |
| Ton | Ditten Lerooij |
| Regieassistenz | Marius Lefevre |
| Produktionsleitung | |
| Sylvie Svanberg | |
| Technische | |
| Koordination | |
| Marjolein Demey | |
| Outside Eye | Danai Anesiadou, Giocomo Bisordi |
| Allgemeine Leitung | Saskia LiŽnard |
| Distribution | Frans Brood Productions |
| Foto | Reinhout Hiel |
Production
| Produktion | Miet Warlop, Irene Wool vzw |
|---|---|
| Koproduktion | Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kaaitheater, Biennale de la Danse, Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, NTGent, TANDEM Scène nationale, Kampnagel Inter- national Summer Festival, Le Lieu Unique, Romaeuropa Festival, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Sharjah Art Foundation, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Temporada Alta |
| Unterstützung | Ammodo Foundation, Flämische Regierung, Stadt Gent, Perpodium, Tax Shelter der bel- gischen Bundesregierung |
| Premiere | Mai 2025, Brüssel |
Werft
Visual explosion. Fascinating material worlds. In motion
Swiss Premiere
Duration
1 hrs.
Age
14 years plus
An inclusive event
Thanks
With thanks to Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Jose Huedo for providing the trailer material.