Kunsthal Rotterdam

Let loose during Friday Night LIVE x CLUB GEWALT at R3LN4CHT and enjoy various performances by Herr Hamsterfleisch and Roi Soleil and join the lecture by Muganyende.Come watch, participate, party, and connect!

BITES & DRINKS

During Friday Night LIVE, the tastiest bites are back on the menu, or you can order your favourite cocktail at de Cocktailfiets (Cocktail Bicycle)! And are you coming to the Kunsthal with your Friday Night LIVE ticket between 17:00 and 19:00 hrs? Then a complimentary welcome drink (wine, beer, or soda) will be waiting for you!

programme
 

R3LN4CHT

18:00-21:30 hrs
R3LN4CHT is the brainchild of theater maker and performer Didi Kreike (they/them/theirs), operating at the intersection of theater and nightlife. A fluid collective of creators functions as a modular system, exploring new ways of thinking, collaborating, and envisioning futures. Through the concept of 'critical spacing,' R3LN4CHT blends explicit works that establish a direct connection with the audience.

Herr Hamsterfleisch

21:00-21:30 hrs
Herr Hamsterfleisch is the radically feminist sister of the music and performance collective CLUB GEWALT. A Dutch-German punk band led by Loulou Hameleers, Herr Hamsterfleisch will perform a dark solo party set at Friday Night LIVE, featuring songs about menstrual blood, taking up space, witch burnings, celebrating the hated and marginalized woman, and other forms of patriarchal injustice.

Roi Soleil

19:30-20:15 hrs
Roi Soleil (Sun King) makes “Frenglish pop with a dash of queer glitter.” His repertoire explores themes of (self)love, sexuality, and identity, shifting between danceable electropop and epic EDM bangers. Musically, he's inspired by artists like Mika, Yelle, Stromae, Troye Sivan, and Lady Gaga. Roi Soleil is the superhero alter ego of Matthijs, a small-town boy with teenage trauma that he’s trying to heal by placing a golden crown (made of zip ties) on his head. OUI, he’s made of gold, but he’s here to remind you that everyone is. With his baroque wings, he seeks to enlighten his audience and is always aiming for the Eurovision Song Contest. Allez, let’s go!

Anne-Fay

20:30-21:00 uur
Singer and theater maker Anne-Fay, accompanied by her keyboardist, will perform songs from her Reaspora album as well as new pieces about motherhood. Reaspora explores her roots, tracing her family's diaspora to places like Aruba and Suriname. Her new work, Waka Waka Uma, is centered on motherhood and the lengths we go to for our children.

Limited seating is available during this performance, come on time as full=full

Queer Feminist Books

17:00-22:00 hrs
Queer Feminist Books (QFB) is a local, small-scale, and independent library where the shelves are filled with queer and/or intersectional feminist books (in English and Dutch). Recently, QFB has formed a (cute) collective that also focuses on organizing workshops, reading sessions, (small-scale) events, zine-making, and more! Shop your favourite books during Friday Night LIVE!

Mara Snip

18:45-19:15 hrs
Mara Snip (1991, NL) is a trans-focused performance artist based in Berlin. She redefined herself within the safety of Berlin’s underground club scene and is now finding her way back into the light. Mara breathes, sings, and moves from a desire for radical tenderness, building her artistic practice around the belief in the power of vulnerability and femininity. She views her transition as the ultimate form of self-expression, using it as a compass for a connected, creative, and authentic life. Every day marks a deepened relationship with her evolving body, inviting new, compassionate ways of being. Transitioning has brought her a remarkable sense of autonomy, fueling her drive to reclaim space for queer visibility and rights in our suppressed, dysfunctional society.

Limited seating is available during this performance, come on time as full=full

Talk: Babeth Fonchie Fotchind

18:30-18:45 & 20:15-20:30 hrs
During her lecture, poet and writer Babeth Fonchie Fotchind discusses (apparent) vulnerability online and questions to what extent Beyoncé shows vulnerability, both online and in her music. Babeth regularly performs at stages and festivals and has been published in Kluger Hans, De Revisor, De Groene Amsterdammer, DW B, De Gids, ELLE magazine, and Lilith Mag. She was named Next Talent to Watch by VOGUE, nominated for the Harpers Bazaar Women of the Year Award, and chosen by the Volkskrant as literary talent. Her poetry collection Plooi was published in June 2022 by Uitgeverij De Geus and received rave reviews

Limited seating is available during this talk, come on time as full=full

Club Gewalt 

18:00-18:30 hrs
CLUB GEWALT is a music and performance collective based in Rotterdam. The group creates, composes, produces, and performs original work where music serves as the starting point, central element, and conclusion. Autotune is as beloved as Monteverdi. Drawing inspiration from pop culture and the experiences of millennials, CLUB GEWALT crafts universes where various genres and disciplines intersect, forming a new sensory experience. This includes musicals about the end of the world, meditative operas, eco-feminist punk bands, quirky radio art, and monuments to a drowning city. The collective thrives on audience engagement and, on the eve of the apocalypse, sings passionately in an effort to unlock an alternative timeline

About the exhibition DIVA 

This coming autumn, you will be able to immerse youselve in the world of the Diva at the Kunsthal. The exhibition DIVA celebrates the unprecedented power and boundless feminine creativity of iconic performers who have been challenging the status quo with their bravura and ambition. With over sixty looks and costume designs by world-famous designers – worn by people like Maria Callas, Josephine Baker, Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Shirley Bassey, Cher, Elton John, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Björk, and Billie Eilish –, the exhibition shows how these divas have used their performing arts to push boundaries and make a lasting impact on society. Read more here.