Veerle Baetens & Bo Spaenc - 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 increasingly harder and uglier – or as she says: harder-ly – Minnie withdraws. In Molenstraat 103 bus 5 she is empress and she wields the scepter. There she burns her mousiness and her mood rules. And otherwise: head off. 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? Veerle Baetens and Bo Spaenc search for a possible answer. Veerle embodies Minnie and gives her a voice. Bo’s music weaves through her words and forms a second voice in Minnie’s universe. Hier, ik als keizerin - Molenstraat 103 / bus 5 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 unexpectedly stands at your door again.