One evening, two makers. Surprise yourself with the newest of the Northern Netherlands theatre scene. This year in Podium Explore we – the makers and the audience – explore the theme of masculinity in all its manifestations. After two beautiful performances Queer Factory will close the evening with an in-depth aftertalk on the subject.
Arno Verbruggen – SODOM
50 minutes
Performance | Dance
SODOM is a theatrical reimagination of the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah, and asks whether its meaning persists when viewed through a contemporary, inclusive perspective.
SODOM is a multidisciplinary solo performance that combines dance, theatre, film and fashion. The piece challenges queer stigmatisation embedded in religious narratives and confronts the enduring stereotypes they perpetuate in modern society.
About Arno Verbruggen
Arno Verbruggen (they/them) is a Brussels-bases interdisciplinary artists that has been working for several years in Groningen as a director, choreographer and performer. They are interested in transcending the divide in art disciplines and integrating movement, text, sound and fashion in immersive theatre performances.
SuckerPunch Collective – Ode to Destruction
45 minuten
Performance | Dance
́With a combination of powerful physicality, electronic music, spoken word and their typical “punk approach”, SuckerPunch Collective presents a performance that searches for hope in apocalyptic visions, love in absolute disappearance and the beginning in the end.
Ode to Destruction in the interdisciplinary piece that explores the end of simply everything: me, you, monogamy, civilization, relationships, identities…. All the structures keeping us apart or together.
About SuckerPunch Collective
SuckerPunch Collective is a brand new, queer, international collective initiated by dance makers Iacopo Loliva (IT) and Manuel Kiros Paolini (NL/IT), composer Jonathan Bonny (NL/BE), writer Marcus Peter Tesch (DU) and lighting designer Grace Morales (SP). In “Ode to Destruction,” they join forces with musician and composer Setareh Nafisi (IRN/NL).
STORMRAM: new Northern creators
Friday, June 6
Time: 8 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Pay What You Choose (€6 – €12)
Language No Problem
Lunch and dinner in our café
Our café is open from 12:00 to 00:00 for lunch, dinner and drinks. Come and enjoy our delicious three-course menu before the program? We offer a weekly changing vegetarian menu for only €20! Reserve your table (one ticket per person) for dinner here: