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

Thursday 29 April 2027, 20:00

Muziek

A new staging of Philip Glass' minimalist chamber opera reinterprets the story of an alien abduction as an intimate reflection on identity, transition, love and the desire to be seen. 1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang tells the story of M., who claims to have been abducted by alien beings 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 reading. With a fully FLINTA team (women, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans and asexual persons), a spatial opera emerges about love, care, vulnerability and being seen. Through spoken text, carried by the repetitive and minimalist music of Glass, M. reflects on her memories, her sense of being different and her transition. Drawing from their own experience of trans identity, director Paige Eakin Young and performer Mara Snip take you on a playful exploration of desire, shame and joy. The result is an intimate reinterpretation of Glass' work in which science fiction gives way to a story about identity, transition and connection.

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Location: deSingel – Theaterstudio; Desguinlei 25, Antwerpen; All events at this venue →
Price: € 10 → 35
Ticket line: +32 3 248 28 28

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Fri 30 Apr. 2027 · 20:00 deSingel – Theaterstudio, Antwerpen

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