Laura Vroom
wpZimmer resident in 2019
Laura Vroom graduated at the Drama Department of the KASK in Ghent in 2012. She collaborated with Ballet Dommage and Kuiperskaai. In 2015, she created her first monologue Sauerkraut, which was born out of a collection of frustrations and irritations. It was presented at Over Het IJ (Zeecontainer programme) and Chambres d’O, and in different private homes in the Netherlands and Belgium (dassauerkraut.weebly.com). Vroom also works with Linde Carrijn in the collective Festoen. Their first production It’s A Local Joke premiered at De NWE Vorst in Tilburg in 2017.
projects
Langzaam gleed een berg het dal in
In her solo Langzaam gleed een berg het dal in, Laura Vroom works with anecdotes and memories to investigates how we deal with our past. She focuses on seemingly unimportant moments that form a story or identity. How do we deal with time and finitude? What are memories precisely? In a poetic, philosophical and absurd language, Vroom wants to take us on a trip down memory lane.
credits
Concept & execution: Laura Vroom
Coach: Ineke Nijssen, Tine Van Aerschot
Dramaturgy: Katrien Valckenaers
Light & sound: Ole Ceenaeme
With the support of the Flemish Government, the City of Ghent, De Grote Post, wpZimmer, De Vieze Gasten and Zuidpool