24.05, 26.05, 28.05

Carolina Bianchi São Paulo-Amsterdam-Brussels

The Heart of Darkness

talks

Théâtre Les Tanneurs

Arrival with wheelchair to be communicated during online reservation or through box officeAccessible for wheelchair usersSeating without backrest | English | ⧖ ± 1h30 | €12 / €9

Literature and poetry are central fields of research in Carolina Bianchi’s work. In her previous play, The Brotherhood (Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2025), she first introduces herself as an author, then as a director, and occasionally as a performer. Across her creations—marked by a thorough exploration of theatrical form—she remains in constant dialogue with writers: Dante’s journey from Inferno to Paradiso, Sarah Kane, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot, who viewed theatre as “the ideal medium for poetry”. Conversation with other artists has become a core element of her practice, a way to reveal the ongoing processes of contamination that shape each voice. For this edition, Bianchi presents a series of three nocturnal conversations: Romeo Castellucci on Dante, Alice Diop and Édouard Louis on writing. In a late-night talk format, she opens a malleable, intimate space to drift through conversation with each guest. Apart from the interview as a performative and solid form of self-presentation, Bianchi enters a more vulnerable register and the softness of a shared moment at night. Host and guest in armchairs with an audience gathered around, for a series of talks that lasts only one season and three episodes.

The discussions organised by Carolina Bianchi with Alice Diop and Romeo Castellucci have unfortunately been cancelled due to personal reasons beyond the artist's control. Ticket holders have been informed via email. If you have any questions regarding your reservation, please contact our box office.

24.05

  • 22:30
  • with Romeo Castellucci
  • cancelled

26.05

  • 22:30
  • with Alice Diop
  • cancelled

28.05

Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre Les Tanneurs
A project by and with Carolina Bianchi | Producer: Carla Estefan, Metro Gestão Cultural
Production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts

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