Sat 6/04 Boudoir Bizoe: HERE COME THE MEN! Get ready for a night of fun and excitement at Boudoir Bizoe's event HERE COME THE MEN! Join us on Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at 8:00 PM at Kring vzw for a night you DEFINITELY won't forget. This weekend we bring you a show filled with music, moustaches, juggling, and stripping as we celebrate the men in Burlesque. We've invited a wide range of incredible artists starting off with the international sensation that is Mau.Oh! (Portugal) who got trained and introduced into the wonderful world that is Burlesque by the one and only Chris.Oh! Edgar Falzar (France) who will seem to juggle more than he can handle. The question is however, can you handle his hilarious acts that will leave you gasping for air and fill you with uncontrollable laughter. Ze Flying Willy (Belgium), the créme de la créme when it comes to Belgium's male burlesque performers. His art of seduction & tease will have you yearning for more. Our stage Tiger of the night will be none other than Boom Boom Bob. T his show will be hosted by Zoe Bizoe as well as Louis Lou . As you can all imagine, you are in for a treat! So TREAT YOURSELVES, to a ticket to this once in a lifetime experience where men take over the Burlesque stage and show us that men too have the right to be glamorous, sparkly & absolutly unapolagetic themselves. Dress to impress, bring out thàt outfit you always wanted to wear but didn't have the occasion and get ready to mingle with other guests in a stylish and welcoming atmosphere. Come join us for a night of laughter, good company, and maybe even a few surprises after the show so stick around in the foyer if you simply cannot get enough. Don't miss out on this unforgettable event! Doors open at 19:00
Absolutely Reliable! Solo half-mask show
09december 2022
Prinsenhof 12, 9000 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Description
"Fantastic!" Financial Times 2019
"A deliciously dark tale, engagingly delivered” FringeReview 2019
Absolutely Reliable! Is a solo mask performance that confronts toxic masculinity head-on in a delightfully comic monologue that follows George through an examination of his male vulnerability and suppressed aggression. In a timely response to the #metoo movement, George negotiates the tangled web of his increasingly darker side. A surrealistic, rollicking, slightly creepy look into his world sheds tender light on just how bad alpha-male culture can get.
George is a white, middle aged, middle class, middle manager desperate for female attention. Just as he appears to be getting closer to the object of his desire, he swirls in a maelstrom of denial, anger, and insecurity. George oscillates between love and loss, death and birth, and never ever finds his deeper self.
Director and co-writer Lee Delong has transformed George’s, anxieties and traumas into a raw investigation of contemporary gender norms using dark comedy. Co-author Ralf Wetzel wears a mask that fits him like a glove. It has a transfixing power and sometimes one forgets that it’s a mask, so much so that Wetzel plays two distinct characters-male and female-with only one mask. Negotiating a labyrinth of increasingly comic situations, George is peeled away like an onion to reveal a surprising truth.