THE MOON

pet the poepoes. pet the poepoes. … poepoes? … poepoeeeeeeees? ‘aai’ is about a grandpa who is suddenly alone and seeks comfort in the objects around him. People come in. People leave again. But who is real? He no longer knows where he is, when he is and why he is. Did the lamp just wave? And the carpet sneeze? Aiaiaai. Poor grandpa. But fortunately, it is not all doom and gloom, because man is also hilarious in his loneliness, touching And magical. Femke Stallaert starts for ‘aai’ from the figures her grandfather with dementia saw in the last years of his life. ‘aai’ is a wordless mask performance where everyday objects come to life. A skin-hungry trip full of alienated family and imaginary friends. An animistic ode to the lonely human and his boundless imagination!