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

Minnie Maes wants to disappear. She feels too small, too gray, too minimal for a world that feels hard and overwhelming. In her apartment, Molenstraat 103 bus 5, she makes herself empress. There she decides, there her mood reigns. But how far can you go in your own power, if the world is already on fire? Where does the boundary lie between protection and hardening? And what remains when you impose a role on yourself that is bigger than you can carry? Here, I as empress is a musical monologue about loneliness, power, and doubt. About longing for silence, the siren call of power, and the fear of becoming what you fear. 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 unexpectedly stands at your door again