EVENT

At the Sight of Love is a workshop-gathering for and by queer people who want to explore how to see performances in a different way. Consisting of a workshop, a dinner, a performance and an after-talk, At the Sight of Love is open to anyone who considers themselves in any way queer or LGBTQ+

In this workshop we will investigate the role of the audience towards a theatre of belief, desire, rage and, yes even, hope. We will explore listening to theatre as a roll call of kinship for the present and the absent and practice the queer art of infection, allowing performance to enter our orifices and mucus membranes. This workshop will delve into what it means to see performance with our whole hearts, to let down the cynic’s measuring tape while holding up our wildest aspirations for the theatre. 

At the Sight of Love will start with a workshop in which participants are led into exploration of different ways of experiencing, processing, and understanding performance. In this, we bring in participant’s values and dreams for what performance could mean and do and how we as an audience might view art towards our aspirations. Starting from the assumption that “audience” is not a passive role, we will investigate how we want to approach and what we expect from performance. How do we bring conscious eyes, ears, minds to the viewing of theatre?

Following the workshop, we will have a dinner together to get to know each other and share in a more casual atmosphere our interest in performance. Then we will all go to a performance to put our explorations into practice;

★ Workshop 1: On Saturday 7th of Dec. 2024 Coerced & Freely Given by Merel Severs @ Kambala Toneelhuis (EN)

★ Workshop 2: On Friday 13th of Dec. 2024 Onkruid/Mauvaises Herbes by Céline Gaza & Rose-Myrtha Vercammen @ Arenberg (NL)

After the performance, we will gather to discuss and integrate our experiences of the workshop and performance.

>There are 2 At the Sight of Love workshops during the festival on two different dates. Please choose & register for one date. 

Schedule

★ Workshop 1) Saturday Dec. 7th 2024

14:15	Walk in wpZimmer
14:45 – 17:45	Workshop
18:00 – 19:00	Dinner
19:00	Break & go to theater (own timing)
20:00	Performance @ Kambala, Toneelhuis + aftertalk (1 hour) Coerced & Freely Given
22:30	Expected end

★ Workshop 2) Friday Dec. 13th 2024

14:45	Walk in wpZimmer
15:15 – 18:15	Workshop
18:30 – 19:30	Dinner
19:30	Break & go to theater (own timing)
20:30	Performance @ Arenberg + aftertalk (1 hour) Onkruid/Mauvaises Herbes
22:30	Expected end

Accessibility

• Antwerp Central Station > wpZimmer – Gasstraat 90, 2060 Antwerp;
  15 min. public transport / 20 min. walk / 5 min. by bike
• wpZimmer > Kambala, Toneelhuis – Kambalastraat 1, 2030 Antwerp
  35 min. public transport / 38 min. walk / 9 min. by bike
• wpZimmer > Arenberg – Arenbergstraat 28, 2000 Antwerpen;
  20 min. public transport / 30 min. walk / 10 min. by bike