HERE, I AS EMPRESS - MOLENSTRAAT 103 BUS 5

Minnie Maes is the smallest, grayest gray mouse. She leaves no traces, so minimal is Minnie. In a world that is becoming harder and uglier - or as she says: hard-lier - Minnie withdraws. In Molenstraat 103 bus 5 she is Empress and she wields the scepter. Here she burns her mousiness and her mood rules. And otherwise: off with her head. But may she 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 imperialistic victory march, with only scorched earth in his wake? And who heals the wounds then? Minnie’s universe 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 and forms a second voice in Minnie’s universe. Here, I as empress 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.