My Body as a Commodity
Pay what you can
your trauma has a beat
My Body as a Commodity is a sultry musical trip that explores the boundaries of fiction. Under high-energy live percussion, theatre-maker Anne-Laure Vandeputte explores the narratives in which our bodies are inscribed - consciously or unconsciously.
She meets a director who wants to talk about strong women.
She meets a man who wonders if he is in the show.
She meets a sex worker in Berlin and elevates her to her own personal jesus.
Together with musician Andrew van Ostade, Vandeputte performs a monologue-on-beats that questions and challenges the narrative about physical trauma.
trigger warning: there may be sexual violence
trigger warning: where there’s pain there’s a party
concept & text Anne-Laure Vandeputte | performance Anne-Laure Vandeputte & Andrew Van Ostade | music Andrew Van Ostade & Anne-Laure Vandeputte | text dramaturgy Purni Morell | direction Lisa Verbelen | light design Caroline Mathieu | scenography Gilles Pollak | costume design Sam de Mol | sound design / technics Korneel Moreaux | sound technics Bart Vincent | technics Gilles Pollak | image Lucinde Wahlen | graphic design Evi Peeters | production KWP Kunstenwerkplaats | co-production KAAP, C-mine, Monty & KWP | with the support of Kaaitheater, School van Gaasbeek, de Vlaamse Gemeenschap en de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie | thanks to Chiqui Love, Evi Cats, Louise Van den Eede, Maya Dhondt, Gouvernement