Veerle Baetens & Bo Spaenc - Here, I as empress, Molenstraat 103/bus 5

Incisive monologue about loneliness, power, and doubt, with live music Immersive – confronting – layered – virtuoso - stimulating Minnie Maes is the smallest, grayest gray mouse. She leaves no traces, so minimal is Minnie. In a world that is becoming increasingly harder and uglier - or as she says: harder-lier - Minnie withdraws. In Molenstraat 103 bus 5 is she Empress and she wields the scepter. Here she burns her mousiness and her mood rules. And otherwise: off with her head. Is she allowed to spit fire in a world that is already burning? Or does she then become what she abhors: a hunter, a chaser, a colonist? Does she become that man on an imperialist victory tour, with only scorched earth in his wake? Who heals the wounds then? Veerle Baetens and Bo Spaenc look for a possible answer. Veerle embodies Minnie. She gives her a voice. Bo’s music weaves through her words as a second voice in Minnie’s universe. Hier, ik als keizerin is a musical monologue about loneliness, power, and doubt. About how loud it can be in a head that feels too much. About the terrifying and liberating act of taking up space. And about what happens when the world is unexpectedly at your door again. Credits Acting: Veerle Baetens Live music: Bo Spaenc Script: based on an idea by Veerle Baetens & Kiana Porte, written by Veerle Baetens & Yoline Denys Composition: Bo Spaenc Costumes: Manu Verschuren Producer: PER PODIUM & BO SPAENC BV With the support of the Belgische Tax Shelter measure of the Federale Overheid