ANGSTY, REBELLIOUS AND POWERFUL!
ROXANNE
A music-performance-exhibition about what it means to occupy the in-between, performed by members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
16, 17 and 18th December in BAR BARIO
Early bird tickets here! Free spots for the next 5 days!
Sun, Dec 18Bar BarioDec 18, 2022, 6:00 PMBar Bario, Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam- Sat, Dec 17Bar BarioDec 17, 2022, 7:00 PMBar Bario, Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam
- Fri, Dec 16Bar BarioDec 16, 2022, 7:00 PMBar Bario, Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam
CREDITS
Directed by Igor Alvarez Cugat
Scenography advice Rae Elstak
Voice-off "The Origin of Love" Steven van Watermeulen
Roxanne Nwanyibueze
Matilda Nazmul Zaman
Roxette Qianyi
D Dewi Sofia
Guitar Paul Shacallis
Audrey Dorothee Karekezi
Text Igor Alvarez Cugat, Jordan Scott Hardesty and ensemble
Text "The Origin of Love" Jordan Scott Hardesty
Song "Somedays I Just Walk Around" Qianyi
Photo Zaki Chohou
Original Music Nick Verschoor and Chet Moerland
ABOUT ROXANNE
What does it mean to occupy the in-between? In between the gender binary, in between sexualities, in between nationalities, in between homes, in between lovers. What are the limitations of this perceived in-betweenness, and can it be liberating?
These questions form the basis of Roxanne, a music-performance-exhibition that takes creative inspiration from the 2001 cult classic film Hedwig and The Angry Inch. Like the character in the film, Roxanne feels limited by their liminal status in the world: living in between identities. Roxanne forms their identity around their constraints.
Can they undress themselves of the limitations society puts on them, or are they destined to be bound forever?
Through use of a wide range of artistic mediums, from audio-play to mime, Roxanne looks to contextualize the in-between through an exhibition that make us aware of identities that exist next to the heteronormative.