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12 & 13.02.26

MY BODY AS A COMMODITY

It takes a city

Anne-Laure Vandeputte

Dates

Thu 12 February 2026 20:30
Fri 13 February 2026 20:00
  • Nudity
  • Violence
"My body as a commodity is visueel en muzikaal indrukwekkend, een onbevreesde catharsis."
De Standaard -Floris Baeke. 

your trauma has a beat 

My Body as a Commodity is a sultry musical trip that explores the boundaries of fiction. Under high-energy live percussion, theatre-maker Anne-Laure Vandeputte explores the narratives in which our bodies are inscribed - consciously or unconsciously.

She meets a director who wants to talk about strong women.
She meets a man who wonders if he is in the show. 
She meets a sex worker in Berlin and bombs her as her own personal jesus.

Together with musician Andrew van Ostade, Vandeputte performs a monologue-on-beats that questions and challenges the narrative about physical trauma. 

trigger warning: there may be sexual violence 
trigger warning: where there’s pain there’s a party

concept & text Anne-Laure Vandeputte | performance Anne-Laure Vandeputte & Andrew Van Ostade | music Andrew Van Ostade & Anne-Laure Vandeputte | text dramaturgy Purni Morell | direction Lisa Verbelen | light design Caroline Mathieu | scenography Gilles Pollak | costume design Sam de Mol | sound design / technics Korneel Moreaux | sound technics Bart Vincent | technics Gilles Pollak | image Lucinde Wahlen | graphic design Evi Peeters | production KWP Kunstenwerkplaats | co-production KAAP, C-mine, Monty & KWP | with the support of Kaaitheater, School van Gaasbeek, de Vlaamse Gemeenschap en de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie | thanks to Chiqui Love, Evi Cats, Louise Van den Eede, Maya Dhondt, Gouvernement