De Maan
Bonjour Mademoiselleke
About embarrassing moments in the snack bar and mothers coming out of telephones. About small thoughts that become bigger and big feelings that become smaller. About hormones and a developing moustache, about wearing skirts and armpit hair. About girls and boys and pigeonholing. Or could we stop thinking in black-and-white terms?
In BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE, Lukas’ love of theatre and illustration come together. The performance is a living graphic novel that unfolds drawing by drawing. In this visual quest for gender identity, Lukas draws mainly on conversations, situations and feelings he has experienced himself.
Everything on stage is hand-drawn and crafted and is visibly manipulated by five performers. This stream of images, thoughts, words and feelings is accompanied live by a melodica, an accordion and an electronic organ.
BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE is a performance for young and old alike in which themes such as identity, gender, and the search for oneself are approached with a healthy dose of curiosity, care, and humor.
• Lukas Glowacki (2001) is a theatre maker, illustrator and versatile craftsman. In June 2024, he graduated from RITCS Brussels with a master’s degree in Drama, Directing & Writing. Lukas is a familiar face at theatre DE MAAN. Drawing from his experience as a trans person, Lukas brings a personal yet universal story about fitting in or not, and the freedom to be yourself.
DE MAAN creates imaginative theatre for everyone aged 3 and up, aiming to touch, fascinate, amaze and make people think. It is an open theatre house where visual and puppet theatre from the most diverse corners is celebrated.
concept, regie en vormgeving Lukas Glowacki | co-creatie en spel Alice D’hondt, Lukas Glowacki, Ine Van Bortel/Juriaan Houttekier, Yanu Schepens, Victor Vermaerke | muziek Alice D’hondt, Yanu Schepens | techniek Ine Van Bortel, Juriaan Houttekier | advies figuren Paul Contryn en Katinka Heremans | productie DE MAAN | met dank aan Lotte Groessens, Storm Broux, RITCS
