Concept, text & performance: Sarah Vanhee / Objects & scenography: Toztli Abril de Dios / Sound: Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti / Outside Eye: Christine De Smedt / Light design: Babette Poncelet / Technical team: Geeraard Respeel and Babette Poncelet / Performance on screen: Leander Polzer Vanhee with the precious input of family Vanhee-Deseure / Dedicated to: Margaretha Ghyselen and Denise Desaever
Sarah Vanhee
Mémé
- Performance
- Theatre
English /
With German and English surtitles /
Dutch /
West Flemish /
approx. 90 mins.
One grandmother had seven children, the other nine. Like many women of that time, both spent most of their lives ‘laboring’, in the two senses of the word: bearing and raising children; and working in the home and ‘on the land’ – always in service of others. Not much time has passed since then, and yet Sarah Vanhee’s life circumstances are very different. In her tragicomic and multilingual solo performance “Mémé”, in which puppets, objects and videos become co-performers, the performer and author explores the personal stories of her female ancestors, as well as intergenerational solidarity. How does today’s world relate to those forgotten women of the past, and to the earth they cultivated? And how do we see them reflected in the women of today, whose labor is still being exploited? “Mémé” is an ode to those ‘invisibilized’ women of today and back then, to the earth, to life itself, both emotional and intellectual, to work and pleasure.
Cast
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Dates
Past
Credits
Production: CAMPO. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Wiener Festwochen, BUDA (Kortrijk), De Grote Post (Oostende), Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), Festival d’Automne à Paris, Perpodium. Supported by: Taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government via uFund. Residencies: KWP Kunstenwerkplaats (Brussels), Kaaitheater (Brussels), BUDA (Kortrijk).
Location
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinHAU3 unfortunately is not barrier-free. Access to the theatre is via a stairwell (3rd floor). The use of a lift is possible with prior arrangement. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or email us at tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de. Wheelchair users are also kindly requested to register their attendance at least one day before the performance.
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