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In Under Your Spell, 3 witch-like figures armed with absurdity, risky intuition and lucid dreams set out on a journey through a forest. This reflective landscape sucks them in, but at the same time they transform it, as if they were always part of it. The forest is a place outside time where magic meets logic and where the personal and the collective intertwine.

A playful and physical performance, Under Your Spell invites the audience to explore the stratification of the feminine and experience the power of imagination as an engine for change.

In their quest, the three performers ask the question: can we free ourselves by believing in what we do not yet see? Under Your Spell is an ode to not knowing, to daring to doubt and explore new paths. It is both an attempt to cast off the spell that grips us and a critical reflection on the spells we ourselves maintain.

credits
playwright Audrey Apers performance Kaat Arnaert, Nona Zinzi Buhrs, Bibi Van Lieshout music Cédric Dambrain costume Giulia Cauti technician Thibault Rottiers dramaturgy Sara Vandierieck scenography Sofie Durnez production Kunstenwerkplaats co-production Monty, detheatermaker, arts center BUDA, Arsenaal and De Grote Post

Photo left, below: Ira A. Goryainova
Photo above: Eva Honings