A banquet where appetite and power gorge on each other until only hunger remains. Four figures orbit the table: Casper, the critic addicted to his own critique; Romain, a chef sculpting perfection he’ll never serve; Linde, a seer watching the world collapse in slow motion; Raphaële, a diva of mirrors, speaking in borrowed echoes, opera roles and pop refrains.

Some guests take a seat, others drift close, caught in the gravitational pull of the feast. The meal never begins. Ritual frays, beauty ferments, pleasure turns unstable. Silverware trembles, words congeal, voices spill. EAT ME unfolds as a study in appetite, of bodies and sounds circling between seduction and excess, ceremony and decay.

OESTER unites poet Dominique De Groen, composer Jonathan Bonny, B’Rock Ensemble, and performers Raphaële Green, Romain Dayez, Linde Carrijn, and Casper Clausen. In a scenography co-created with :mentalKLINIK, early music fractures into soundscapes of the now. As in every OESTER creation, the borders between concert, performance, and visual art dissolve. Sound turns to architecture; the stage becomes a volatile terrain where the sensorial and the critical meet. OESTER works in the friction between disciplines, opening dissonant, alternative ways of listening together.

Concept & direction: Aïda Gabriëls

Dramaturgy: Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze & Lena Meyskens

Libretto: Dominique De Groen

Compositions and musical arrangements: Jonathan Bonny

Performance: Raphaële Green, Romain Dayez, Linde Carrijn, Casper Clausen & B’Rock Ensemble

Scenography: :mentalKLINIK

Lighting design: Anne Van Es & Aïda Gabriëls

Choreographic advice: Matteo Sedda

Costumes: Maarten Van Mulken

Production: oester

Co-production: B-Classic, B’Rock, Muziektheater Transparant, Concertgebouw Brugge & Per Podium

With the support of the Flemish government, the tax shelter measure from the Belgian federal government