O. Lab #8 - Hello Schatje, Adios Amour

Hello Sweetie, Adios Amour is a work that transforms the stage into an intimate confessional space where text provides a context, while music guides us along a path of romantic love in all its forms, energies and sensations. It ends in a ritual/concert, as Latinos do, to heal wounds and celebrate our love with a high level of emotion and release of energy.

A personal work that began as one of thousands of love stories in which a migrant falls in love with a European, raising questions about identity, culture, race, privilege, and family. We navigate through various obstacles and complex conversations, making us ask: Why do we go to such great lengths to love? Is love overrated? Or are we repeating the story of what love is and how to love?

There are no “schools of love” and we all assume that we will learn and understand how to love others.

A proposal from the perspective of Latin American and Mexican identity that shows the romantic image of the drama, satire and comedy of those who have experienced love in all its colors, exploring a universe of emotions that, despite scientific explanations, are often misunderstood, but that are deeply felt and often uncontrollable.

Working with personal testimonies collected from interviews with a diverse number of people in Belgium, Spain, Mexico and Brazil about their romantic experiences that serve as inspiration, combined with the personal love story of the host Augusto, this work presents an open vision of ways of giving and receiving love that differ from the traditional ones.

Credits

Production: 2 Options, maker/performer: Augusto Pedraza, performer/musician: Abel Baeck (No Label), Elric Reinartz, Alex Smith, musician: Edgar Tristán, technical and visual design: Jamy Hollebeke, dramaturge: Lorena Pires, external eyes: Junior Mthombeni and Junior Akwetyi, with the support of: Radar Mechelen, WIPCOOP/Mestizo Arts Platform, Le Bamp, wpZimmer and Nau Ivanow

About O. Lab

During O. Lab you get a glimpse into the rehearsal space of theatre makers, something that is normally reserved for a select group… Artists share their research questions with you and you as a visitor can give your valuable opinion about the prototypes and works-in-progress that you see. O. Lab in WORM is one big creative space and you have a front row seat to the making process!

About O. Lab

O. Lab offers the audience a peak into the theater makers' rehearsal rooms. Something that is normally reserved for the select few… Artists will share their research questions. As the visitor, you are invited to watch and express your valuable opinions about prototypes and works in progress. O. Lab in WORM is one big creative space and you will be sitting in the front row as the processes unfold!