The Narcosexuals

They meet on a couch in a random living room somewhere in town. They snuggle up, they talk and talk, they fuck each other to kingdom come, sometimes they faint, in each other’s arms, they take care of each other. Meet: The NarcoSexuals.

In this work Studio Dries Verhoeven investigates the ins and outs of sexual drug use, a phenomenon that is gaining popularity especially among gay men. Forty years after the start of the gay liberation, we’re entering a ‘narco-sexual revolution’, even though this current liberation is invisible to the outside world. What pushes people to even risk their own lives? How different are they allowed to be?

Visitors enter the site, can walk around and decide for themselves how long they want to stay and experience the work.

REVIEWS

“De vele teksten die de jongens in de mond zijn gelegd, dwingen de toeschouwer zich te verplaatsen in een serie wonderbaarlijke tweespalten of paradoxen, zoals die van verslaving en zelfbeschikking of vrijheid, van obsessie en intimiteit, van eenzaamheid en collectieve seks, van narcisme en overgave, van mechanische vermenigvuldiging en uniciteit – te veel om op te noemen eigenlijk.”

Fransien van der Putt, Theaterkrant

CREDITS

concept Dries Verhoeven
performance Bráulio Bandeira, Matteo Bifulco, Tamar Blom, Vincent Clavaguera, Wojciech Grudziński, Estefano Romani, Barnaby Savage
understudies Mher Brutyan, Victor Mendes
movement material developed in collaboration with the performers
sound design Thijs van Vuure
dramaturgy Hella Godee & Miguel Melgares
assistance Marte Boneschansker
internship text/direction Hendrik de Pecker
technique Roel Evenhuis, Peer Thielen
set dresser Eveline Didderen
production ‘n More Ellen van Bunnik, Lise van den Hout, Thijs de Bruijn, Jitske Weijand
internship production Maaike Postma