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Philip Glass / Paige Eakin Young / Mara Snip - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

De Singel: TheaterstudioDesguinlei 25, Antwerp, 2018, Belgium
Dates/times in Brussels time zone
Thursday 29 April 202720:00
Friday 30 April 202720:00
Performers
Paige Eakin YoungDirector
Anne van de WeteringDramaturgy
Ana Inés Jabares-PitaSet Designer
Catalina FernándezLighting Designer
Ralf ArndtLighting Designer
Christina KämperCostume Designer
Kathy TomkinsCostume Designer
Mara SnipCo-director / Performer
David Henry HwangText
Sarah Taylor EllisMusical Director
Julia B. LaperrièreChoreography
Friederike HeineChoreography
Ronald Dávilá DáviláSound

1000 Aeroplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang tells the story of M., who claims to have been abducted by extraterrestrials and returns to a world that suddenly feels strange and meaningless.

In this new staging, director Paige Eakin Young, together with performer and musician Mara Snip, opts for a radically different interpretation. With an entirely FLINTA team (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans, and asexual individuals), a spatial opera emerges about love, care, vulnerability, and being seen.

Through spoken text, carried by Glass’ repetitive and minimalist music, M. reflects on her memories, her sense of otherness, and her transition. Drawing from their own experiences of being trans, director Paige Eakin Young and performer Mara Snip guide you through a playful exploration of desire, shame, and joy.

Tickets: € 10 - € 35

© Peter van Heesen
© Peter van Heesen