I LOVE ME(N) - Dorelia Schraven

It’s not easy to love men these days. It’s even harder to admit it out loud. But Dorelia does just that, in the show I LOVE ME(N). Together with the audience, she sets out in search of radical authenticity. She’s bold, curious and, yes, sexy too. The last bit isn’t the most important thing, but it’s true. Because Dorelia doesn’t lie. Expect a performance that seeks to get to the heart of her love for the Man — not one man, but the archetype of him. She sings, dances, narrates and questions what it means to yearn for a man’s love. And why she needs that love so desperately. ‘One is not born a woman, one becomes a woman,’ wrote Simone de Beauvoir in 1949. What does it mean to be a woman, to play a woman, and where does the line between the two blur? Dorelia draws inspiration from great thinkers such as De Beauvoir, Butler and Beyoncé to get closer to the heart of the matter. She returns to her past and takes the audience with her, man by man, step by step, through the stories that have shaped her into who she plays… er, is. ... Read more at https://theateraanzee.be/programma/i-love-men