19.05.25 – 21.05.25, BOTOX (NO EMOTIONS), drama project by Lander Merckx, Melanie Barelds, Noa Van Dongen, Domien Huybrechts, Tist De Maeyer

In BOTOX (NO EMOTIONS), actors reveal their deepest vulnerability — or are they just really good at acting? Sadness is carefully staged and chewed over, authentic acting is stripped down to the bone. There is laughter, sometimes intentional, sometimes because someone stumbles over an emotional metaphor in the form of a wooden stool. You watch, you cry, you wonder if you should even be here, you google ‘can I leave a performance art piece while it's still dark?

What happens to the sincerity of emotions when they are observed? It is a search for what is real, and whether we can ever fully reveal it.

Credits

• by and with: Lander Merckx, Melanie Barelds, Noa Van Dongen, Domien Huybrechts, Tist De Maeyer
• image: Emma Ostyn
• thanks to: Bauke Lievens, Simon De Winne, Madonna Lenaert, Mieja Hollevoet, Carolina Maciel de França, Bardia Mohammad, Flore van den Eynde, onze klas.