DORIAN: portret van een onstilbare
The Picture of Dorian Gray is filled with implicit references to homosexuality and drug use, but Wilde wrote it at a time when homosexuality was a criminal offense — he was himself convicted in 1895. More than a century later, its themes remain strikingly relevant: in an age of digital self-fashioning, eternal youth seems more attainable than ever, while LGBTQIA2S+ people around the world still face exclusion, violence, and a diminished sense of safety. DORIAN: portret van een onstilbare seeks to uncover Wilde’s original, uncensored story — stripped of masks and taboos.
Run time 70 minutes
Genre Theatre
Language Dutch
DORIAN: portret van een onstilbare
A modern-day Dorian Gray, played by Rowan Kievits, discovers his beauty when a close artist friend paints his portrait. Driven by a desire for eternal youth, he dives into nightlife. He explores the power of his desirability, engaging in fleeting romances with men, often under the influence.
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But he harbors a dark secret: while he remains untouched by age, his portrait grows increasingly grotesque. As he slowly becomes alienated from those around him—and from himself—his craving for endless pleasure takes a dangerous turn. A psychological trip that probes questions of aesthetics and ethics, pleasure, happiness, and the limits of self-moulding.
Over Club WILD
Club WILD is een in 2024 opgericht theatercollectief dat bestaat uit Rowan Kievits, Josephine Scholte en Igor Alvarez Cugat. De makers zoeken in hun werk naar een manier om ogenschijnlijke tegenstellingen te laten versmelten en kiezen voor een interdisciplinaire aanpak, waarbij theater, muziek, beweging en beeldende kunst een dynamisch samenspel vormen. Club WILD haalt inspiratie uit zowel klassieke als moderne stijlen en zoekt naar fluïditeit en vrijheid in queer verhalen.
Credits
concept Club WILD
direction Igor Alvarez Cugat
text Josephine Scholte
cast Rowan Kievits
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